Huy Price (Cambridge philosopher) writes about existential risk for NYT

post by Jonathan_Graehl · 2013-01-30T02:06:32.404Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 2 comments

In Copenhagen the summer before last, I shared a taxi with a man who thought his chance of dying in an artificial intelligence-related accident was as high as that of heart disease or cancer. No surprise if he’d been the driver, perhaps (never tell a taxi driver that you’re a philosopher!), but this was a man who has spent his career with computers.

NYTimes

Nothing new for LW, but interesting to see some non-sci-fi public discussion of AI risk.

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comment by Andreas_Giger · 2013-01-30T02:29:44.522Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Yes, nothing new for LW indeed.

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comment by Qiaochu_Yuan · 2013-01-30T04:01:02.500Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

So, today's lesson: before posting links to things on LW, consider our priors for how likely other LWers are to have already posted them...