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asd comments on TV's "Elementary" Tackles Friendly AI and X-Risk - "Bella" (Possible Spoilers) - Less Wrong Discussion

26 Post author: pjeby 22 November 2014 07:51PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 23 November 2014 02:35:31PM *  2 points [-]

I don't how to estimate it myself, so are these kind of depictions almost certainly because of Eliezer's influence?

Comment author: Snowyowl 24 November 2014 10:09:09PM 0 points [-]

There have been other sci-fi writers talking about AI and the singularity. Charles Stross, Greg Egan, arguably Cory Doctorow... I haven't seen the episode in question, so I can't say who I think they took the biggest inspiration from.