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Comment by slightlyfunny on Alpha Go Zero comments · 2017-10-19T12:22:24.547Z · LW · GW

To quote Eliezer,

"So let’s say you have an Artificial Intelligence that thinks enormously faster than a human. How does that affect our world? Well, hypothetically, the AI solves the protein folding problem. And then emails a DNA string to an online service that sequences the DNA, synthesizes the protein, and fedexes the protein back. The proteins self-assemble into a biological machine that builds a machine that builds a machine and then a few days later the AI has full-blown molecular nanotechnology".

Anyone else think Hassabis has an ulterior motive here?

Comment by slightlyfunny on Catalonia and the Overton Window · 2017-10-09T16:25:23.180Z · LW · GW

Surprised to find this post in the DemocracyPost.