[ExI] Yudkowsky in Time on AI Open Letter.

[sjatkins]

It was difficult to watch much of the interview with Eliezer as from the beginning he makes a lot of emotive and extreme claims before any reasoned argument. I believe he knows better. He has written a tremendous amount after all on what is better.

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On Thursday, March 30th, 2023 at 3:20 PM, Gordon Swobe via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> I just watched Eliezer's interview with Lex Fridman. It was posted on YouTube today. Worth a watch.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaTRHFaaPG8&t=4656s
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> -gts
>
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 12:49 PM Darin Sunley via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> https://time.com/6266923/ai-eliezer-yudkowsky-open-letter-not-enough/
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>> We live in a timeline where Eliezer Yudkowsky just got published in Time magazine responding to a proposal to halt or at least drastically curtail AI research due to existential risk fears.
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>> Without commencing on the arguments on either side or the qualities thereof, can I just say how f*cking BONKERS that is?!
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>> This is the sort of thing that damages my already very put upon and rapidly deteriorating suspension of disbelief.
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>> If you sent 25-years-ago-me the single sentence "In 2023, Eliezer Yudkowsky will get published in Time magazine responding to a proposal to halt or at least drastically curtail AI research due to existential risk fears." I would probably have concluded I was already in a simulation.
>>
>> And I'm not certain I would have been wrong.
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