ikrase comments on Risks of downloading alien AI via SETI search - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ikrase 15 March 2013 03:20:14PM 1 point [-]

I kind of wonder about the motivations for doing this sort of thing. The one that comes immediately to mind is an unfriendly AI trying to conquer the world.

Comment author: turchin 15 March 2013 10:03:30PM 3 points [-]

This is what it typically do. Even Friendly AI tend to do it. :)

Comment author: ikrase 16 March 2013 12:47:52AM 1 point [-]

Well, yeah. And once again, Less Wrong somehow manages to make 'unstoppable steely relativistic death' seem tame.