NancyLebovitz comments on 2013 Survey Results - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 26 January 2014 01:03:13AM 2 points [-]

My assumption is that the protein-folding problem is unimaginably easier than an AI doing recursive self-improvement without breaking itself.

Admittedly, Eliezer is describing something harder than the usual interpretation of the protein-folding problem, but it still seems a lot less general than a program making itself more intelligent.