Trying to understand here. What's the strawman in this case?
Can you point me to an essay that addresses the points in this one?
He doesn't really make any relevant points.
The closest is this:
Contrary to singularity b.s., the AI you invent isn't going to rewrite the laws of physics and destroy the universe before you can hit control-C. Basic space, time, and energy limitations will likely confound your laptop's ambitions to take over the world for quite some time--plenty of time for those who best understand it to toy with what it really takes to make it friendly
Which is really just an assertion that you won't get FOOM (I mean, no one thinks it'll take less time than it takes y...
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.