JohnWittle comments on Risks from AI and Charitable Giving - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JohnWittle 14 March 2012 06:18:40PM 0 points [-]

Err... minor quibble.

Exponential curves grow at the same rate all the time. That is, if you zoom in on the x^2 graph at any point at any scale, it will look exactly the same as it did before you zoomed in.

Comment author: asr 14 March 2012 06:42:01PM 0 points [-]

I think we are using "rate" in different ways. The absolute rate of change per unit time for an exponential is hardly constant; If you look at the segment of e^x near, say, e^10, it's growing much faster than it is at e^(-10).