TheAncientGeek comments on Rationality Quotes March 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 29 March 2014 03:50:20PM 1 point [-]

And that is why the long chains of logical reasoning used in the UFAI argument should not be regarded as terminating in conclusions of near certainty or high probability.

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 02 April 2014 11:35:07AM 1 point [-]

You could say that about anything.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 02 April 2014 04:34:47PM 1 point [-]

Maybe, but it would not be very painful in many cases. In most cases, people who put forward highly conjunctive arguments don't put out them forward as urgent, near certainties which require immediate and copious funding.Moreover, most audiences have enough common sense to implications as lossy.

MIRI/LW presen ts an unusual set of circa,stances which is worth pointing out.