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Comment author: loup-vaillant 09 July 2011 10:32:33PM *  2 points [-]

Not yet. I'm just afraid for the moment. And certainly not because of AI. AI is an existential risk, but it also have potentially great benefits as well. Among them is the reduction of other existential risks. So, I'm not sure AI is a net increase in the existential risks. Yet.

Of course, whatever is a net increase in existential risks might make me sad. But even then, I tend to be sad when I lost something, not when I think there's still a chance.

Comment author: [deleted] 12 July 2011 02:49:24PM 2 points [-]

It makes me sad because it means smart people aren't doing things that are actually useful.