Comment by guy_from_finland on The AI Explosion Might Never Happen · 2023-09-22T20:58:11.501Z · LW · GW

I don't think that there has been foom related to biology or brains. Earth is 4.5 billion years old. Single-celled life has existed about 3.5 billion years. Multicellular life is about 1.5 billion years old. Animals with brains have existed about 500 million years. This is not a foom timeline of events.

Comment by guy_from_finland on The Fall of Rome: Why It's Relevant, And Why We're Mistaken · 2021-04-23T16:45:52.825Z · LW · GW

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