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Vulture comments on Moloch: optimisation, "and" vs "or", information, and sacrificial ems - Less Wrong Discussion

20 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 06 August 2014 03:57PM

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Comment author: Vulture 06 August 2014 09:57:18PM 8 points [-]

Moloch is slow. And humanity is young. And Civilization is even younger.

Comment author: James_Miller 06 August 2014 10:36:10PM *  6 points [-]

Human productivity relies on Elua, so Moloch won't destroy her until after we have fully automated our economy. But after that don't expect Moloch to act slowly.

Comment author: SilentCal 06 August 2014 10:39:18PM 3 points [-]

More poetically, Elua gains his power by serving Moloch.

Comment author: Vulture 07 August 2014 04:07:42AM 2 points [-]

(scratch that, reverse it...)