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6 Post author: fowlertm 19 August 2014 03:14AM

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Comment author: pragmatist 19 August 2014 08:02:27AM *  5 points [-]

Just to be clear: Are you looking for criticisms of the intelligence explosion hypothesis or of MIRI? The hypothesis is just one of many claims made by MIRI researchers, and not the most controversial one. Are you just going to be arguing for the plausibility of a (reasonably imminent) intelligence explosion, or are you planning on defending the whole suite of MIRIesque beliefs?

Comment author: fowlertm 19 August 2014 11:37:28AM 3 points [-]

Only the IE as defended by MIRI; it'd be a much longer talk if I wanted to defend everything they've put forward!

Comment author: [deleted] 20 August 2014 07:15:47PM 2 points [-]

Short duration hard takeoff, A la That Alien Message? That's one of the hardest claims for MIRI to justify.