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HaydnB comments on Robin Hanson's Cryonics Hour - Less Wrong Discussion

26 Post author: orthonormal 29 March 2013 05:20PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 29 March 2013 07:53:30PM *  3 points [-]

Am I right in thinking this is the answer given by Bostrom, Baum, and others? i.e. something like "Research a broad range and their inter-relationships rather than focusing on one (or engaging in policy advocacy)"

That viewpoint seems very different to MIRI's. I guess in practice there's less of a gap - Bostrom's writing an AI book, LW and MIRI people are interested in other xrisks. Nevertheless that's a fundamental difference between MIRI and FHI or CSER.

Edit: Also, thank you for sharing, that sounds fascinating - in particular I've never come across 'mangled worlds', how interesting.