JoshuaZ comments on A question about Eliezer - Less Wrong

33 Post author: perpetualpeace1 19 April 2012 05:27PM

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 19 April 2012 07:14:06PM *  3 points [-]

If AI is actually impossible, then trying to design a friendly AI is a waste of time

I would think that anyone claiming that AI is impossible would have the burden pretty strongly on their shoulders. However, if one was instead saying that a fast-take off was impossible or extremely unlikely there would be more of a valid issue.