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hankx7787 comments on Singularity Institute is now Machine Intelligence Research Institute - Less Wrong Discussion

32 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 31 January 2013 08:25AM

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Comment author: shminux 31 January 2013 03:21:29PM -1 points [-]

What MIRI really is is the Institute for study of emergent intelligences, whether machine, biological, hybrid or any other kind, but given how Eliezer dislikes the term emergence, I can see why EIRI would be a non-starter. Still, I like the new name better than the old one.

Comment author: hankx7787 09 February 2013 04:33:30PM 3 points [-]

"What exactly do you mean by ‘machine’, such that humans are not machines?" - Eliezer Yudkowsky

Comment author: shminux 09 February 2013 07:08:15PM 1 point [-]

Good point. The Wikipedia description certainly covers humans.