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17 Post author: gjm 09 March 2016 12:22PM

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Comment author: James_Miller 09 March 2016 07:26:44PM 1 point [-]

Google bought DeepMind for, reportedly, more than $500 million. Other than possibly Eliezer, MIRI probably doesn't have the capacity to employ people that the market places such a high value on.

Comment author: cousin_it 09 March 2016 09:21:38PM 2 points [-]

I'm not saying MIRI should've hired Shane Legg. It was more of a learning opportunity.