Ian_C. comments on A Premature Word on AI - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Ian_C. 01 June 2008 06:07:22AM 1 point [-]

It's better to spend your life trying and failing than doing nothing at all. And a lot of people, unless they're given a significant goal, won't even try. General AI? Let's get to it. Edge detection in a visual field? Yawn. If that's my life might as well sit around and play Xbox all day.