JoshuaZ comments on Hard Takeoff - Less Wrong

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Comment author: dlrlw 17 March 2015 12:49:02PM 0 points [-]

What is "FOOM"? Is it an acronym? What does it stand for?

Wordnik says "The sound of a muffled explosion." But that doesn't sound right. If AI goes FOOM, the explosion presumably won't be 'muffled'. :-)

Comment author: JoshuaZ 17 March 2015 01:16:37PM 1 point [-]

It is sometimes used to suggest an extremely rapid AI self-improvement. I don't know where the word originates but I think it is intended as some sort of sound-effect.