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timtyler comments on Thinking soberly about the context and consequences of Friendly AI - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: timtyler 16 October 2012 10:37:20PM *  -1 points [-]

A single AI will take over the world [...]

I don't see how this can be avoided if the damn thing is so much smarter [...]

Companies and governments are much smarter than humans. So far, none has taken over the world. Companies compete with other companies. Governments compete with other governments . Like that.

Comment author: shminux 16 October 2012 11:05:55PM 1 point [-]

Companies and governments are much smarter than humans.

Are they? More powerful, maybe. Often wealthier. But what evidence do you have that they are smarter? They often act rather stupidly.

Comment author: William_Quixote 18 October 2012 04:53:37AM 0 points [-]

Companies and governments are much smarter than humans. So far, none has taken over the world

give the Companies time. They're making good progress

Comment author: timtyler 20 October 2012 11:50:25AM 0 points [-]

The governments too though. A company needs to overthrow all the governments to take over the world. Not an impossible task, perhaps, but it would be quite a revolution - and probably a bad one.