srdiamond comments on General purpose intelligence: arguing the Orthogonality thesis - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 15 May 2012 10:23AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 19 May 2012 08:10:30PM -1 points [-]

Why not argue for this directly, instead of making a much stronger claim ("may not" vs "very unlikely")?

I'm confused. "May not" is weaker than "very unlikely," in the supplied context.