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Comment author: [deleted] 04 May 2016 04:57:30PM 1 point [-]

I wonder at the timing of this article and upcoming workshops.

I'm not deep in the AI community... did something happen recently to spark greater interest and preparation for AI? Any big news story I somehow missed?

Maybe the topic's been on the backburner at the White House and they're only just getting it started now; regardless, it sounds promising.

Comment author: Gram_Stone 04 May 2016 11:13:24PM 5 points [-]

Bostrom's bestselling book Superintelligence, the series of articles on Wait But Why, and Elon Musk's founding of the Future of Life Institute and the Open Letter, are some examples of increased awareness in the past two years.

Comment author: Mitchell_Porter 06 May 2016 09:56:06AM 3 points [-]

The big new problem in presidential decision theory is Coherent Extrapolated Trump.

Comment author: Lumifer 06 May 2016 02:55:23PM -1 points [-]

That's easy. Fame, money, deals, and pretty girls :-P

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