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lessdazed 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: lessdazed 07 November 2011 02:05:00PM 7 points [-]

I'd like to answer (on video)

Fuzzy. Sounds like a lost purpose. What ArisKatsaris said. Although it's not impossible that Eliezer was deliberately failing as much as humanly possible as an anti-cult measure.

Comment author: Vaniver 07 November 2011 10:57:15PM 7 points [-]

Although it's not impossible that Eliezer was deliberately failing as much as humanly possible as an anti-cult measure.

Incompetence is generally a safer assumption than intentionality.