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Re:The Singularity Is Further Than It Appears (2015) by eli_gottlieb on Thursday December 29, 2016 @04:49PM (#13280448)
>It's very difficult to see any marginal ROI for any organization whose end goal is not some form of world domination.

Of course, that just means you'll see AGI efforts from organizations whose end goal is world domination. In fact, in general, half the people I've ever seen or heard using the term "AGI" were basically wannabe supervillains.

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Re:The Singularity Is Further Than It Appears (2015) by Eliezer on Thursday December 29, 2016 @07:27PM (#13281494)
Every successful supervillain starts out as a wannabe supervillain.
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Re:The Singularity Is Further Than It Appears (2015) by eli_gottlieb on Thursday December 29, 2016 @11:49PM (#13282595)
I was talking about you. And since you've now got a whole organization and funding and other people working for you, you seem reasonably competent at it.
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Re:The Singularity Is Further Than It Appears (2015) by kobeya on Thursday December 29, 2016 @07:59PM (#13281674)
You should consider what this sort of exchange does to the reputation of MIRI...
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