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SteveG comments on Superintelligence Reading Group 2: Forecasting AI - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: SteveG 23 September 2014 02:47:30AM 3 points [-]

Investment levels will matter.

It is easier to predict the size of a market than to predict the R&D investment that companies will make to address the market, but there is a relationship.

Military successes may accelerate AI investment, or they may result in periods of disinclination that slow things down.