nyan_sandwich comments on Thoughts on the Singularity Institute (SI) - Less Wrong

256 Post author: HoldenKarnofsky 11 May 2012 04:31AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 16 May 2012 10:46:26PM 2 points [-]

You are not trying very hard. You missed the thrid alternative: Use your crazy fear mongering to convince him to stop, not just avoid SI.

I hope you're not just using this as a rhetorical opportunity to spread fear about SI.

Comment author: vi21maobk9vp 17 May 2012 05:41:42AM 1 point [-]

He explicitly said that the aggregate risk from the project would be way way smaller than personal risk from SIAI. Trying to convince people to stop gives SIAI impression of power and so increases its resource acquisition possibilities, which is considered bad.