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mej10 comments on Article about LW: Faith, Hope, and Singularity: Entering the Matrix with New York’s Futurist Set - Less Wrong Discussion

31 Post author: malo 25 July 2012 07:28PM

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Comment author: mej10 26 July 2012 06:40:17PM 11 points [-]

Saying that we haven't made much progress recently isn't the same as not wanting a positive singularity event. These are orthogonal. Thiel has directly supported singularity related organizations and events, while also being pessimistic on our technology progress. These are most certainly related.