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rlsj comments on Superintelligence Reading Group - Section 1: Past Developments and Present Capabilities - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: rlsj 16 September 2014 07:30:57PM 2 points [-]

After achieving a society of real abundance, further economic growth will have lost incentive.

We can argue whether or not such a society is truly reachable, even if only in the material sense. If not, because of human intractability or AGI inscrutability, progress may continue onward and upward. Perhaps here, as in happiness, it's the pursuit that counts.