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DanArmak comments on Stupid Questions Open Thread Round 3 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DanArmak 21 July 2012 12:56:22PM 2 points [-]

Regarding lasers: I could list things the attackers might do to succeed. But I don't want to discuss it because we'd be speculating on practically zero evidence. I'll merely say that I would rather that my hopes for the future do not depend on a failure of imagination on part of an enemy superintelligent AI.

Comment author: stcredzero 21 July 2012 06:11:36PM 0 points [-]

You're assuming that there's always an answer for the more intelligent actor. Only happens that way in the movies. Sometimes you get the bear, and sometimes the bear gets you.

Sometimes one can pin their hopes on the laws of physics in the face of a more intelligent foe.