David_Gerard comments on Holden Karnofsky's Singularity Institute Objection 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 13 May 2012 11:18:26AM *  2 points [-]

This seems to be rather amateurish rambling to me.

AI researchers in general appear to think this of SIAI, per the Muelhauser-Wang dialogue - they just don't consider its concerns are worth taking seriously. That dialogue read to me like "I'm trying to be polite here, but you guys are crackpots." This was a little disconcerting to see.

Comment author: ciphergoth 14 May 2012 07:52:08AM 0 points [-]

In other words, Wang has made a System-1 evaluation of SI, on a topic where System-1 doesn't work very well.

Comment author: timtyler 13 May 2012 01:12:26PM *  0 points [-]

Downsides of technology deserve taking seriously - and are taken seriously by many researchers - e.g. here.

Remember: "With great power comes great responsibility".