[ExI] Searle's review of Bostrom's book

[Tim Tyler]

On 22/09/2014 13:27, Bill Hibbard wrote:

 > Here's an op-ed I submitted, unsuccessfully,
 > to the NY Times in August 2010, also in reaction
 > to suggestions that AI isn't a big threat:
 >
 > http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/g/hibbard_oped_aug2010.html

I also though that the 2009 Interim Report from the Presidential
Panel on Long Term AI Futures was a disappointing document.
Presumably, the people in the government who understand the
situation are at the NSA, IARPA - and other similar organisations.

Kurzweil, I think, acknowledges that there are risks and drawbacks.

Lanier's views in this area don't seem worth citing.

Whether it is better to be calming or alarmist depends somewhat on
on whether the overall climate is overly calm or overly alarmist.

The current situation seems to be OK - w.r.t. paranoia-levels.
However, we do seem to be lacking "bums on seats". Not enough
people are interested. IMO, it should be a more crowded field.
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