Friendly-HI

Some of you may have heard about the following paper already: http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1305/1305.3913.pdf Here's a news article wrapping up the main points: http://atom-ecology.russgeorge.net/2013/05/20/an-italian-cold-fusion-tide-lifts-all-boats-arvix-independent-review-paper-confirms-rossi-fusion/ I'm way out of my depth here so I find it hard to judge, is this a pile of BS or are we finally getting somewhere for real?...

If you solve the problem of human-friendly self-improving AI, you have indirectly solved every problem. After spending a decent amount of time on LW, I have been convinced of this premise and now I would like to devote my life to that cause. Currently I'm living in Germany and I'm...

(I've written the following text as a comment initially, but upon short reflection I thought it was worth a separate topic and so I adapted it accordingly.) Lesswrong is largely concerned with teaching rationality skills, but for good reasons most of us also incorporate concepts like the singularity and friendly...