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MrMind comments on Andrew Ng dismisses UFAI concerns - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: MrMind 09 March 2015 08:05:08AM 0 points [-]

Well, there's a phoenomenon called "flash over", that realizes in a confined environment, and happens when the temperature of a fire becomes so high that all the substances within starts to burn and feed the reaction.

Now, imagine that the whole world could become a closed environment for the flashover...

Comment author: V_V 09 March 2015 09:46:46PM 0 points [-]

So we should stop using fire until we prove that the world will not burst into flames?