Huy Price (Cambridge philosopher) writes about existential risk for NYT

-4 Post author: Jonathan_Graehl 30 January 2013 02:06AM

In Copenhagen the summer before last, I shared a taxi with a man who thought his chance of dying in an artificial intelligence-related accident was as high as that of heart disease or cancer. No surprise if he’d been the driver, perhaps (never tell a taxi driver that you’re a philosopher!), but this was a man who has spent his career with computers.

NYTimes

Nothing new for LW, but interesting to see some non-sci-fi public discussion of AI risk.

Comments (2)

Comment author: Andreas_Giger 30 January 2013 02:29:44AM *  8 points [-]

Yes, nothing new for LW indeed.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 30 January 2013 04:01:02AM *  5 points [-]

So, today's lesson: before posting links to things on LW, consider our priors for how likely other LWers are to have already posted them...