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Comment author: Wei_Dai 22 July 2016 03:54:22PM 2 points [-]

Anyone else worried about Peter Thiel's support for Donald Trump discrediting Thiel in a lot of people's eyes, and MIRI and AI safety/risk research in general by association?

Comment author: pcm 22 July 2016 06:18:58PM 5 points [-]

No, mainly because Elon Musk's concern about AI risk added more prestige than Thiel had.