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ChristianKl comments on For FAI: Is "Molecular Nanotechnology" putting our best foot forward? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 22 June 2013 09:16:49AM 7 points [-]

This is unreasonably accusatory. I'm pretty sure MNT is added to the discussion because people here such as Eliezer and Annisimov and Vassar believe it to be both possible and a likely thing for AI to do.

Pointing out a possible mental bias isn't accusatory.

Comment author: drethelin 22 June 2013 11:17:25AM 6 points [-]

I read that phrase as implying MNT was consciously added to help convince others about FAI, not that it was an unconscious bias eg Eliezer had.

Comment author: leplen 22 June 2013 06:25:53PM 6 points [-]

This is precisely what I meant. In some examples the line of reasoning "AI->MNT->we're all dead if it's not friendly" is specifically prefaced with the discussion that any detailed example is inherently less plausible, but adding the details is supposed to make it feel more believable. My whole argument is that I think this specific detail will backfire in the "making it feel more believable" department for someone who does not already believe in MNT and other transhumanist memes.

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