johnlawrenceaspden comments on Reply to Holden on The Singularity Institute - Less Wrong

46 Post author: lukeprog 10 July 2012 11:20PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 13 July 2012 01:20:37AM 4 points [-]

How would you even pose the question of AI risk to someone in the eighteenth century?

I'm trying to imagine what comes out the other end of Newton's chronophone, but it sounds very much like "You should think really hard about how to prevent the creation of man-made gods."

Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 16 July 2012 11:34:43AM 1 point [-]

How about: "Eventually your machines will be so powerful they can grant wishes. But remember that they are not benevolent. What will you wish for when you can make a wish-machine?"