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sixes_and_sevens comments on The Singularity Institute's Arrogance Problem - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 21 January 2012 12:09:15AM 1 point [-]

EY made a (quite reasonable) observation that the perceived arrogance of SIAI may be a result of trying to tackle a problem disproportionately large for the organisation's social status. My point was that the problem (FAI) is so large, that no-one can realistically claim to have enough social status to try and tackle it.