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Comment author: WalterL 08 January 2014 03:53:19AM 0 points [-]

I'm confused. You are looking for good reasons to believe that AI is not possible, per your post two above, but from your beliefs it would seem that you either consider AI to already exist (optimizers) or be impossible (sentient).

Comment author: [deleted] 08 January 2014 04:04:53AM 2 points [-]

I don't believe sentient AIs are impossible and I'm sorry if I gave that impression. But apart from that, yes, that is a roundabout version of my belief - though I would prefer the word "AI" be taboo'd in this case. This doesn't mean my way of thinking is set in stone, I still want to update my beliefs and seek ways to think about this differently.

If it was unclear, by "strong AI" I meant an AI that is capable of self-improving to the point of FOOM.