whpearson comments on Changing accepted public opinion and Skynet - Less Wrong

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Comment author: whpearson 22 May 2009 11:56:03AM 5 points [-]

If "AI will be dangerous to the world" became a socially accepted factoid you would get it spilling over in all sorts of unintended fashions. It might not be socially acceptable to use Wolfram Alpha as it is too AI-ish,

Comment author: William 22 May 2009 12:50:10PM 4 points [-]

It already is a socially accepted factoid. People are afraid of AI for no good reason. (As for Wolfram Alpha, it's at about the same level as ALICE. I'm getting more and more convinced that Stephen Wolfram has lost it...)