DanielLC comments on Open Thread April 8 - April 14 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 12 April 2014 05:15:31AM 3 points [-]

It fits in a fanfic, but outside that it starts to look like generalizing from fictional evidence. We haven't seen what a supergenius did. We've only seen what a writer thinks a supergenius would do.

Comment author: kpreid 11 June 2014 03:15:01PM 0 points [-]

True; as evidence, it is fictional evidence.

But it is a depiction of a category of positive outcome which, even if not inevitable, could be aimed for.

It's making the difference between transhumanism and the robot economic takeover.