Right now you have to take the Singularity hurdle before you can start talking about risks from AI seriously.
That's definitely true, but it would be dishonest if SIAI wasn't up front about its views on the Singularity.
That's definitely true, but it would be dishonest if SIAI wasn't up front about its views on the Singularity.
There's enough alternative terminology (intelligence explosion, hard takeoff, etc.) that they could (and often do (e.g. the AI Risk paper)) manage to talk about the Singularity just fine without talking about the "Singularity". I don't think anyone's suggesting that they not be upfront about their actual positions on those issues; some people would just prefer to avoid the "Singularity" terminology now that it's turned into a ...
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