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Comment author: Armok_GoB 01 July 2011 06:00:08PM 1 point [-]

http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Topic_that_must_not_be_named

Comment author: rhollerith_dot_com 02 July 2011 08:34:55AM *  4 points [-]

You have probably neglected to notice the part of that wiki page where it says, "until the end of April 2009." I have not noticed any significant opposition to discussion of AGI and the singularity after April 2009.

Comment author: Armok_GoB 02 July 2011 11:04:17AM 0 points [-]

I thought that was how long it was FORBIDDEN, but that even if it was relaxed after that the point of the ban was to establish a more soft but permanent norm of not talking about it unnecessarily.

Comment author: wedrifid 15 July 2011 04:55:49PM *  4 points [-]

No, the ban was always intended to be a moratorium for the first few months. There is no social taboo about talking about AGI here now. It is just like any other scientific topic. Not directly the topic of the site but with a couple of connections which will crop up whenever it is natural.

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 01 July 2011 06:19:51PM 0 points [-]

Interesting, but it seems that this intention has been overruled by forum participants. While there are no posts addressing AGI mechanizms directly, there are many about FAI, Singularity and decision theory.

Comment author: Armok_GoB 01 July 2011 08:12:47PM 0 points [-]

Are there any by official SIAI people? I know such posts exist but my impression was they were slightly frowned upon and supposed to be kept at a minimum.

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 01 July 2011 11:32:35PM 1 point [-]

SIAI is not official "owners" of the site; it's community-managed. The closest thing to official is a site admin. Nesov has certainly posted on AI related topics.

Comment author: katydee 15 July 2011 04:17:30PM 2 points [-]

I think SIAI are, in fact, at least partial owners of the site-- if not, why is their logo on the header?

Comment author: wedrifid 15 July 2011 06:02:54PM 0 points [-]

I think SIAI are, in fact, at least partial owners of the site-- if not, why is their logo on the header?

I think you're right, with emphasis on the "at least".

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 15 July 2011 05:51:59PM 0 points [-]

What I mean it that they do not chose to set the policy for the site directly. This task is delegated to the admins, most of whom are not SIAI employees.

Comment author: Armok_GoB 02 July 2011 11:08:55AM 0 points [-]

Ok, I was not aware of Nesov having posted SIAI stuff. Yea, that certainly undermines my position a bit.

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