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Comment author: Punoxysm 20 August 2014 11:10:35PM 1 point [-]

Can you summarize what you mean or link to the excerpt?

And more precisely: Imagine if Roentgen had tried to come up with safety protocols for nuclear energy. He would simply have been far too early to possibly do so. Similarly, we are far too early in the development of AI to meaningfully make it safer, and MIRI's program as it exists doesn't convince me otherwise.

Comment author: Nornagest 21 August 2014 12:00:23AM *  4 points [-]

From the Wikipedia article on Roentgen:

It is not believed his carcinoma was a result of his work with ionizing radiation because of the brief time he spent on those investigations, and because he was one of the few pioneers in the field who used protective lead shields routinely.

Sounds like he was doing something right.

Comment author: Benito 21 August 2014 11:30:55AM 1 point [-]

My apologies for not being clear on two counts. Here is the relevant passage. And the analogy referred to in my previous comment was the one between Bostrom's story and AI.

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