Athrelon comments on [LINK] Strong AI Startup Raises $15M - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Athrelon 23 August 2012 01:30:05PM 0 points [-]

Maybe he trusts himself to see when things are getting risky, and having a share buys him leverage over the direction of the company.

Alternatively, he simply thinks of SIAI's stuff as important background research to have in place, but doesn't think we're anywhere near building AGI anytime soon.