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Thomas comments on Crazy Ideas Thread, Aug. 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: polymathwannabe 11 August 2015 01:24PM

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Comment author: Thomas 12 August 2015 02:25:51PM 1 point [-]

Okay. Be careful, but don't be too afraid in your AI research. Above all, don't just wait for MIRI and its AI projects, for they are more like Locke, Hume or Hobbes, than Leibniz or Descartes.

Comment author: cousin_it 12 August 2015 02:31:03PM *  1 point [-]

I'm not sure. There's a bit of tension between LW-ish beliefs, which are mostly empiricist, and Eliezer's popularity, which I think owes more to his idealistic and poetic attitude coupled with high intelligence. Maybe people should learn more from the latter, rather than the former :-)