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XiXiDu comments on Q&A with new Executive Director of Singularity Institute - Less Wrong Discussion

26 Post author: lukeprog 07 November 2011 04:58AM

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Comment author: XiXiDu 07 November 2011 11:04:10AM 68 points [-]

If someone as capable as Terence Tao approached the SIAI, asking if they could work full-time and for free on friendly AI, what would you tell them to do? In other words, are there any known FAI sub-problems that demand some sort of expertise that the SIAI is currently lacking?

Comment author: [deleted] 05 June 2013 09:38:19AM 1 point [-]

What message about FAI/MIRI should I take away from the fact that this very important question isn't answered?