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Vladimir_Nesov comments on Some Thoughts on Singularity Strategies - Less Wrong Discussion

26 Post author: Wei_Dai 13 July 2011 02:41AM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 13 July 2011 05:35:02PM 2 points [-]

I'd give it 150 years. Civilization might get a setback, actual implementation of fast-running uploads might be harder than it looks, and intelligence improvement might take too long to become an important force. Plans can fail.