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Comment author: Lumifer 02 April 2016 03:13:29AM 0 points [-]

Yudkowsky explicitly doesn't believe in rapid technical progress.

Links? What is "rapid"? Did he look at his phone recently?

The Great Stagnation is phenomenon on the time scale of decades. How about the time scale of centuries?

Comment author: knb 02 April 2016 04:40:08AM *  0 points [-]
Comment author: Lumifer 02 April 2016 09:12:52PM -2 points [-]

Yes, he believes in the Great Stagnation. That does not imply he doesn't believe in rapid technological progress. Again, what is "rapid"?