John_Maxwell_IV comments on AI Risk and Opportunity: A Strategic Analysis - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 04 March 2012 11:51:25PM 2 points [-]

As you note, humans aren't human-friendly intelligences, or we wouldn't have internal existential risk.

It's possible that particular humans might approximate human friendly intelligences.

Comment author: David_Gerard 05 March 2012 08:02:55AM -1 points [-]

Assuming it's not impossible, how would you know? What constitutes a human-friendly intelligence, in other than negative terms?