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gwern comments on Open Thread, April 15-30, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: diegocaleiro 15 April 2013 07:57PM

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Comment author: gwern 23 April 2013 04:37:23PM 2 points [-]

He's been asked before and denied it, IIRC.

Comment author: shminux 23 April 2013 05:11:24PM 0 points [-]

I guess he is just a natural genius. Nietzsche would have looked up to him.

Comment author: gwern 23 April 2013 05:19:57PM 3 points [-]

Or he's just channeling regular skeptic/geek/transhumanist memes from fiction etc. Manipulative evil AIs? Well, that's like every other Hollywood movie with an AI in it...

Comment author: shminux 23 April 2013 05:31:56PM 1 point [-]

I did not mean just this one strip, but what he draws/writes on philosophy, religion, metaethics and transhumanism in general.