[ExI] Precautionary Principles and X-Risks

[Stefano Vaj]

I was looking at a blog into the business of evaluating possible
philanthropic donations, and expressing in a more formalised way - and
perhaps in a better English :-)  - my own more extrinsic objections against
the dominant narratives at the Singularity Institute at
http://lesswrong.com/lw/cbs/thoughts_on_the_singularity_institute_si/
and I found some stuff which could be put at use in any discussion of
x-risks, not to mention Max's ongoing work on the deconstruction of the
Precautionary Principle:
http://blog.givewell.org/2011/08/18/why-we-cant-take-expected-value-estimates-literally-even-when-theyre-unbiased/

Food for thought...

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Stefano Vaj
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