drethelin comments on Open thread, September 2-8, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: brandyn 09 September 2013 05:17:19AM -2 points [-]

Sigh.

Ok, I see the problem with this discussion, and I see no solution. If you understood AGI better, you would understand why your reply is like telling me I shouldn't play with electricity because Zeus will get angry and punish the village. But that very concern prevents you from understanding AGI better, so we are at an impasse.

It makes me sad, because with the pervasiveness of this superstition, we've lost enough minds from our side that the military will probably beat us to it.

Comment author: drethelin 09 September 2013 05:28:26AM 1 point [-]

The other thing is: "Our Side" is not losing minds. People are going to try to make AGI regardless of friendliness. but almost no one anywhere has ever heard of AI friendliness and even fewer give a shit. That means that the marginal person working on friendliness is HUGELY more valuable. And if someone discovers friendliness, guess what? The military are going to want it too! Maybe someone actually insane would not, but any organization that has goals and cares about humans at all will be better off with a friendly AI than not.

Comment author: brandyn 09 September 2013 06:01:21AM 1 point [-]

"but almost no one anywhere has ever heard of AI friendliness"

Ok, if this is your vantage point, I understand better. I must hang in the wrong circles 'cause I meet far more FAI than AGI folks.