taygetea comments on Open Thread, May 11 - May 17, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: taygetea 15 May 2015 10:40:41PM 1 point [-]

I've begun to notice discussion of AI risk in more and more places in the last year. Many of them reference Superintelligence. It doesn't seem like a confirmation bias/Baader-Meinhoff effect, not really. It's quite an unexpected change. Have others encountered a similar broadening in the sorts of people you encounter talking about this?

Comment author: Manfred 15 May 2015 11:41:29PM *  3 points [-]

Yup. Nick Bostrom is basically the man. Above and beyond being the man, he's a respectable focal point for a sea change that has been happening for broader reasons.