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Epictetus comments on May 2015 Media Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Epictetus 03 May 2015 05:49:18AM 3 points [-]

This all goes back to the old principle of "don't conjure up what you can't put down", which featured prominently in stories about magic. Whether you're summoning demons or building an AI, the main idea is essentially the same. If you bring about a power greater than your own, you're at its mercy.

Age of Ultron at the very least gave us the positive example of Vision.