Tag: Singularity
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Against the singularity hypothesis (Part 6: Implications)
This post concludes my discussion of the singularity hypothesis by drawing out implications of the previous discussion.
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Against the singularity hypothesis (Part 5: Bostrom on the singularity)
This post reviews a series of arguments for the singularity hypothesis due to Nick Bostrom. I argue that they do not succeed.
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Harms (Part 1: Distraction)
Calculations of the value of existential risk mitigation efforts should not neglect the harms done by those efforts. This post focuses on one such harm: distraction from near-term risks.