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by craigus 1y ago
"New science" phooey. Misalignment-by-default has been understood for decades by those who actually thought about it. S. Omohundro, 2008: "Abstract. One might imagine that AI systems with harmless goals will be harmless. This
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by craigus 2y ago
Tesla is losing money hand over fist No, it's not. Its 2024 operating income was $7B. SpaceX is losing money No, it's not. It reached profitability in 2023 and has substantially grown revenue since then. (and woul
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by craigus 2y ago
Exactly, just like SpaceX did in launch vehicles, and Tesla did in car manufacturing.
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by craigus 2y ago
"... I’m sure I remember a much younger Eliezer Yudkowsky cautioning that Doug Lenat should have perceived a non-zero chance of hard takeoff at the moment of its birth." https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/rJLviHq
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by craigus 5y ago
The Many-worlds Interpretation explains the subjective randomness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation
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by craigus 9y ago
Hi Tobias, thanks for dropping into the thread. When this kind of software becomes mature enough that a consultant can install a robotic arm on a factory line, and quickly (several hours) train it to do the job of a factory line worker, the
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A Conservative Answer to Climate Change(wsj.com)
2 points by craigus 10y ago|0 comments
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by craigus 11y ago
From the 4th paragraph: >They found the most mass-efficient path involves launching a crew from Earth with just enough fuel to get into orbit around the Earth. A fuel-producing plant on the surface of the moon would then launch tankers