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ColbyDavis comments on The Great Filter is early, or AI is hard - Less Wrong Discussion

19 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 29 August 2014 04:17PM

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Comment author: ColbyDavis 30 August 2014 04:02:50PM 3 points [-]

Has anybody suggested that the great filter may be that AIs are negative utilitarians that destroy life on their planet? My prior on this is not very high but it's a neat solution to the puzzle.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 01 September 2014 06:01:41PM 2 points [-]

And then it goes on to destroy all life in the universe...

Comment author: MugaSofer 06 September 2014 12:56:53PM 2 points [-]

Oh, a failed Friendly AI might well do that. But it would probably realize that life would develop elsewhere, and take steps to prevent us.