Viliam_Bur comments on Reframing the Problem of AI Progress - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 13 April 2012 08:11:51AM 1 point [-]

perhaps we really don't care very much about the far future and distant strangers and should pursue AI progress just for the immediate benefits.

You could ask Robin Hanson whether people really care about far future or it's just signalling.

Comment author: wedrifid 13 April 2012 11:18:29AM 4 points [-]

You could ask Robin Hanson whether people really care about far future or it's just signalling.

"Both" is the answer I would expect. The 'just' is misleading.

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