timtyler comments on Raising safety-consciousness among AGI researchers - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 03 June 2012 02:43:13AM 1 point [-]

Propaganda - to encourage competitors to slow down.

However, is there a good reason to think that such propaganda would be effective?

IMO, a more obvious approach would be to go directly for public opinion.

Comment author: CWG 04 June 2012 05:38:54AM *  0 points [-]

Would negative public opinion do much more than (a) force such research underground, or (b) lead to researchers being more circumspect?

(Not a rhetorical question - just unsure whether focusing on public opinion is a useful approach.)

Comment author: timtyler 04 June 2012 09:54:04AM 0 points [-]

Organisations seem more likely to take advice from their customers than their competitors.

Terminator, Matrix (and soon Robopocalypse) have already had a good go at public opinion on AI, though.