XiXiDu comments on A Brief Overview of Machine Ethics - Less Wrong

6 Post author: lukeprog 05 March 2011 06:09AM

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Comment author: XiXiDu 06 March 2011 10:51:16AM 0 points [-]

Like lukeprog I do not feel the need to repeat the thousands of things about which I agree with EY.

You think I don't? I agree with almost everyone about thousands of things. I perceive myself to be an uneducated fool. If I read a few posts of someone like Yudkowsky and intuitively agree, that is very weak evidence to trust him or of his superior intellect.

I still think that he's one of the smartest people though. But there is a limit to what I'll just accept on mere reassurance. And I have seen nothing that would allow me to conclude that he could accomplish much regarding friendly AI without a billion dollars and a team of mathematicians and other specialists.

Comment author: wedrifid 06 March 2011 11:47:11AM 0 points [-]

You think I don't?

No, that wasn't for your benefit at all. Just disclaiming limits. Declarations of criticism are sometimes worth tempering just a tad. :)