JoshuaZ comments on Glenn Beck discusses the Singularity, cites SI researchers - Less Wrong

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Comment author: badger 12 June 2012 05:49:06PM 13 points [-]

Hmm, wow. This poses all sorts of interesting questions. How should this make me update on

  • Beck's overall rationality?
  • Beck's overall sincerity and what his agenda actually is?
  • Whether the Singularity/existential risk is being taken more seriously by a mainstream audience?
  • Whether this is good or bad press for SI?
Comment author: JoshuaZ 12 June 2012 06:03:11PM 0 points [-]

Not much to almost any of these except possibly the last. Singularity related ideas are getting a lot more press than they did a few years ago especially through a Kurzweillian lens. Kurzweil's book was a best seller.

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