Perspectives On Intelligence Explosion

This page is to collect links to criticism of the ideas in the sequences. The purpose of doing this is to give readers the opportunity to hear both sides of the debate before making up their mind on controversial topics.

You're strongly encouraged to add additional links and summarize existing ones. Having these links sorted by persuasiveness could also be valuable.

Links

• The Hanson-Yudkowsky AI-Foom Debate, a text debate that occurred in late 2008.
• 2011 Hanson-Yudkowsky live AI Foom debate at Jane Street Capital. Hanson's summary of the debate and his arguments.
• The Singularity Institute's Scary Idea (and Why I Don't Buy It).
• GiveWell interview with major SIAI donor Jaan Tallinn.
• Is an Intelligence Explosion a Disjunctive or Conjunctive Event?
• Why an Intelligence Explosion might be a Low-Priority Global Risk.
• Risks from AI and Charitable Giving.
• Why We Can't Take Expected Value Estimates Literally (Even When They're Unbiased). Responses: 1, 2.
• John Baez Interviews Eliezer Yudkowsky. (Note: You'll have to scroll to the bottom to read the first part.) Although John finds Eliezer's claims of AI dangers plausible, he isn't persuaded to give environmentalism in favor of FAI.
• SIA says AI is no big threat. You can also read everything the author has written about AI.