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24 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 09 July 2011 12:34PM

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Comment author: Swimmer963 12 July 2011 03:21:13PM 1 point [-]

I am noticing that I am very, very confused. What is so controversial about ugh fields? Why is this a Banned Idea? I was somehow able to read the original article (didn't even notice it was deleted, I must have found a link to the original URL) and it seemed uncontroversial to me. Or is there a different 'Banned Idea' that I'm completely missing?

Comment author: satt 12 July 2011 04:14:14PM 5 points [-]

Or is there a different 'Banned Idea' that I'm completely missing?

This, I think. I don't think there was anything controversial about the ugh fields post; it's gone because Roko wrote it and he deleted a bunch of his posts in the wake of an argument about that different Banned Idea.

Comment author: Multiheaded 24 January 2012 11:13:33PM 1 point [-]

Yeah, I was talking about that Banned Idea, which is totally unrelated to ugh fields and has to do with the perils of AI.