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Re:What made Hinton into an AI doomer by ALittleLight on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @02:50AM (#35884431)
How does the parent comment imply Hinton is not a doomer? AI Doom is the idea that AI will be very bad for humanity (e.g. extinction) and the idea that AGI is near is compatible with that. To my knowledge Hinton thinks Doom is a significant possibility and that AGI is plausibly near.
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Re:What made Hinton into an AI doomer by svnt on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @03:12AM (#35884598)
Using the term doomer generally implies the doom is unwarranted/an overreaction. Parent is asking whether GP thinks Hinton is justified in predicting actual doom.
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