mwengler comments on Suggest alternate names for the "Singularity Institute" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: mwengler 19 June 2012 03:24:35PM *  3 points [-]

On the one hand, "The Center for AI Safety" really puts me off. Who would want to associate with a bunch of people who are worried about the safety of something that doesn't even exist yet? Certainly you want to be concerned with Safety, but it should be subsidiary to the more appealing goal of actually getting something interesting to work.

On the other hand, if I weren't trying to have positive karma, I would have zero or negative karma, suggesting I am NOT the target demographic for this institute. And if I am not the target demographic, changing the name is a good idea because I like SIAI.