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Comment author: ChristianKl 27 January 2014 10:52:10AM 22 points [-]

Buying off AGI startups and then letting the relevant programmers program smart cars seems to me a quite good move to stall UFAI.

Comment author: Brillyant 27 January 2014 03:09:45PM 2 points [-]

Can you elaborate?

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 27 January 2014 04:04:17PM 3 points [-]

It sets AGI-minded programmers (under circumstances expected to yield UFAI) onto tasks that would not be expected to result in AGI of any sort (driving)

Comment author: Brillyant 27 January 2014 05:05:14PM 3 points [-]

I get that part. Is there some reason I'm missing as to why Google wouldn't utilize the talent at DeepMind to pursue AGI-relevant projects?

I mean, Google has great resources (much more than MIRI or anyone else) and a proven record of success at being instrumentally rational in the techincal/programming arena (i.e. winning on a grand scale for a length of time). They are adding folks who, from what I read on LW, actually understand AGI's complexity, implications, etc.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 28 January 2014 03:59:37PM 0 points [-]

Just nervousness about UFAI.

Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 28 January 2014 02:34:39AM 2 points [-]

This analysis seems to be based on AGI-mindedness being an inherent property of programmers, and not a response to market forces.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 28 January 2014 03:57:49PM 2 points [-]

No... not at all! Quite the opposite, in fact. If it were inherent, then moving them away from it would be ineffective.