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24 Post author: Wei_Dai 11 April 2012 10:46PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 12 April 2012 08:43:58AM *  2 points [-]

Why does SI/LW focus so much on AI-FOOM disaster, with apparently much less concern for things like

  • Malthusian upload scenario

For my part I consider that scenario pretty damn close to the AI-FOOM. ie. It'll quite probably result in a near equivalent outcome but just take slightly longer before it becomes unstoppable.