Comment by mira on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 24, chapter 95 · 2013-07-21T05:02:35.004Z · LW · GW

Harry fits many of those attributes. Quirrelmort could have set this whole situation up to enable Harry to create new spells, and/or defeat death.

Comment by mira on Do Earths with slower economic growth have a better chance at FAI? · 2013-06-13T21:58:34.055Z · LW · GW

I agree, humanity is probably not capable of stopping economic growth. And personally I'm glad of that, because I would choose UFAI over humanity in its current form (partly because in this form humanity is likely to destroy itself before long).

The point I was making is that if you value UFAI as negatively as EY does, maybe avoiding UFAI is worth avoiding all AI.

Comment by mira on Do Earths with slower economic growth have a better chance at FAI? · 2013-06-13T09:13:06.875Z · LW · GW

We know economic growth cannot be sustainable long term (do the math), if we were to think longer term (Rather than the current "race to AI" thinking), we would still need to decide when to stop pursuing economic growth. Maybe since we have to stop growth somewhere, stopping it before AI is a good idea.

Comment by mira on Meetup : Rationalist Housewarming at Isengard (Melbourne) · 2013-06-12T23:34:30.271Z · LW · GW

Hi, I'm visiting Australia for the weekend. I'm not so enthusiastic about the drinking but the rational conversation sounds great. Is it ok if I drop by?