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djm comments on LINK-Robot apocalypse taken (somewhat) seriously - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: djm 05 August 2014 04:10:31AM 0 points [-]

I remember less than a year ago thinking (and posting) the same thing. Until you actually think about it, it does appear from the outside, to be a relatively easily solvable problem.

I still believe It will have to be done, one way or another, though I have no idea how it will be done.

Comment author: Baughn 05 August 2014 11:18:58AM 0 points [-]

For a simple, dump system it genuinely is easily solvable. The problems you're thinking about mainly crop up with smart systems, or anything self-improving.