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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 16 Nov 2014

    Lots of comments (including one by me) on Jaron Lanier's The Myth Of AI on http://Edge.org . http://is.gd/cxEViN  via @edge

    4:24 PM - 16 Nov 2014
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      1. Hoaloha Robotics‏ @HoalohaRobotics 19 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @edge Is Elon concerned about the robots he uses to build Teslas rising up to kill us?

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      1. Daniel‏ @thebyxan 17 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker I disagree. This is wrong because too anthropocentric. It's not about "evil". But about algorithm+power to follow it. See Bostrom.

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      1. Readings Journal‏ @ReadingsJournal 17 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @edge Great discussion, thank you! (Bwy, the Readings CFP is online: https://twitter.com/ReadingsJournal/status/533694077544316929 … Thanks for your moral support!)

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        Readings Journal @ReadingsJournal
        Our CFP is now online, rephrased with outrageous chutzpah (as in "we see ourselves between The New Yorker & PMLA"): http://www.readingsjournal.net/call-for-papers-and-reviewers …
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      1. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 16 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @edge People seem to almost always ignore the understanding of human sentience and intelligence that AI could entail.

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      1. Rob Bensinger‏ @robbensinger 16 Nov 2014
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        .@sapinker @edge Have you seen the argument Nick Bostrom of @FHIOxford gives against this in his book? It's also on http://www.nickbostrom.com/superintelligentwill.pdf ….

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      1. Easton Smith‏ @EastonLSmith 16 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker the worry might very well be an incredibly non-human AI just destroying us by accident. to plausible to hand wave away.

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      1. Ben Guinn‏ @AvesWithTrees 16 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @edge Fantastic response! The idea that alpha-male type intelligence is a tacit assumption in the discussion of AI seems spot on.

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      1. Easton Smith‏ @EastonLSmith 16 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker Rare moment, I disagree with you ;) Rational fear of superintelligence is about not anthropomorphizing at all- not about gender

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