hankx7787 comments on AGI Quotes - Less Wrong

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Comment author: hankx7787 04 November 2011 11:49:32AM 14 points [-]

"Sorry Arthur, but I'd guess that there is an implicit rule about announcement of an AI-driven singularity: the announcement must come from the AI, not the programmer. I personally would expect the announcement in some unmistakable form such as a message in letters of fire written on the face of the moon." - Dan Clemmensen, SL4

Comment author: ciphergoth 16 November 2011 12:37:53PM 5 points [-]
Comment author: MichaelAnissimov 18 November 2011 08:04:22PM 1 point [-]

This is one of the earliest quotes I read that made it click that nothing I could do with my life would have greater impact than pursuing superintelligence.