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chaosmage comments on A big Singularity-themed Hollywood movie out in April offers many opportunities to talk about AI risk - Less Wrong Discussion

34 Post author: chaosmage 07 January 2014 05:48PM

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Comment author: chaosmage 07 January 2014 06:08:10PM 17 points [-]

I agree it would be early to comment now, but much gets written during the marketing run-up to release. By that time, not only after release, an easily findable comment can make a lot of impact. Compare how Wikileaks' comments on "The Fifth Estate", published before the release, influenced what got written about that movie.

And whoever writes something pre-release will be findable when people look for somebody to weigh in post-release.

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 07 January 2014 06:32:51PM 6 points [-]

Well one idea is write something on your blog and link it to MIRI; PageRank will do the rest :)

Another idea - organize a public movie event with a panel afterwards. Should attract a significant sci-fi fan interest and maybe get some coverage (maybe even use it as a fundraiser?). Louie Helm did this for "Our Final Invention". Will ping him.

Comment author: thelomen 10 January 2014 12:19:39PM 1 point [-]

The panel idea - especially if this can be done early, has a lot of value, could boost discussion and also provide a possible influx here.