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Re:Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI by p1esk on Monday July 22, 2019 @11:20PM (#20504156)
You don’t think AGI would dramatically speed up cancer research (or any other research)?
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Re:Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI by breck on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @12:02AM (#20504306)
Of course I do, but my back of the envelope guess is there's a 30% shot we can cure cancer in 15 years without AGI, and a 1% shot we can reach AGI in 15 years. I think AGI is cool but I'm much more concerned about helping people with cancer.
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