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gwern comments on Q&A with experts on risks from AI #1 - Less Wrong Discussion

29 Post author: XiXiDu 08 January 2012 11:46AM

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Comment author: gwern 08 January 2012 04:15:47PM *  8 points [-]

How much money is currently required to mitigate possible risks from AI (to be instrumental in maximizing your personal long-term goals, e.g. surviving this century), less/no more/little more/much more/vastly more?

May I suggest rephrasing the last set of options? It smells a bit... loaded, to balance 'less' against 'little more', 'much more', and 'vastly more'.

Expert 5: Interesting questions, I'll enjoy seeing your published results! Unfortunately, now that I work at * (through the acquisition of one of my companies, *), there are policies in place that prohibit me from participating in this kind of exercise.

Could suggest he write down his answers in private and in X years or whenever he stops working at Y, he could send them.

Comment author: Vaniver 08 January 2012 08:20:16PM 3 points [-]

May I suggest rephrasing the last set of options? It smells a bit... loaded, to balance 'less' against 'little more', 'much more', and 'vastly more'.

Yeah, it seems balanced to start it off with "none," as that appears to be a fairly common answer.