Giles comments on The $125,000 Summer Singularity Challenge - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Giles 11 August 2011 09:59:12PM 7 points [-]

I've donated $512 on top of my monthly donation.

The safety implications of advanced AI form one of the most important (and under-appreciated) ideas out there right now. It's an issue that humanity needs to think long and hard about. So I think that by organizing conferences and writing papers, SIAI are doing pretty much the right thing. I don't think they're perfect, but for me the way to help with that is by getting involved.

I am glad that people are standing up and showing their support, and also that people are voicing criticisms and showing that they are really thinking about the issue.

I hope to see some of you Oct 15-16 in New York!