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

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Comment author: KatjaGrace 25 September 2014 09:18:17PM 2 points [-]

The industrial revolution is some precedent, at least with respect to automation of labor. But it was long ago, and indeed, the possibility of everyone losing their jobs seems to be reported on more seriously than the other possible consequences of artificial intelligence.

Why does reporting need a historical precedent to be done in a sane-looking way?