Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People (2016)
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Re: Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People (2016)
#2Discussed at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13240811
Re: Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People (2016)
#3He lacks humility about minds that humans cannot comprehend
Re: Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People (2016)
#4"The orthogonality thesis is false. Source: Rick and Morty"
Why does anyone take this writeup seriously?
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#5"The orthogonality thesis is false. Source: Rick and Morty" Why does anyone take this writeup seriously?
First time encountering a Maciej idlewords post, huh? He doesn't even take himself seriously. That also doesn't stop him from being an excellent and thoughtful writer.
Re: Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People (2016)
#6MIRI pretty much demolished this here https://intelligence.org/2017/01/13/response-to-ceglowski-on...
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#7He lacks humility about minds that humans cannot comprehend
Same argument can be applied by believers to God. If we can't comprehend something, then we should be careful when talking about it.
"That whereof we cannot speak, thereof we must remain silent" ~ Wittgenstein
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#9Does anybody know offhand what the graph next to Premise 3 illustrates?
Re: Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People (2016)
#10MIRI pretty much demolished this here https://intelligence.org/2017/01/13/response-to-ceglowski-on...
I wouldn't say "demolishes". A lot more like challenges his arguments with many, many words.