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Kaj_Sotala comments on Wanted: "The AIs will need humans" arguments - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 14 June 2012 11:01AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 14 June 2012 10:28:25PM *  3 points [-]

It kind of reads like a strawnman

To be honest the entire concept of Kaj's paper reads like a strawman. Only in the sense that the entire concept is so ridiculous that it feels inexcusably contemptuous to attribute that belief to anyone. This is why it is a good thing Kaj is writing such papers and not me. My abstract of "WTF? Just.... no." wouldn't go down too well.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 18 June 2012 11:03:00AM 0 points [-]

The "they will need us" arguments are just one brief subsection within the paper. There are many other proposals as well, many of which aren't as implausible-seeming as the TWNU arguments. So I wouldn't call it a strawman paper.