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XiXiDu comments on Risks from AI and Charitable Giving - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: XiXiDu 13 March 2012 01:54PM

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Comment author: asr 14 March 2012 06:42:01PM 0 points [-]

I think we are using "rate" in different ways. The absolute rate of change per unit time for an exponential is hardly constant; If you look at the segment of e^x near, say, e^10, it's growing much faster than it is at e^(-10).