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		Kamq on Sept 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Did GoogleAI just snooker one of Silicon Valley’s ... I wouldn't call Scott Alexander a techno-optimist given that space's (the LessWrong diaspora) whole focus on AI risk.

albntomat0 on Sept 16, 2022 [–]

Maybe Less Wrong et al arent optimists in that strong AI will be good, but the AI risk field seems optimistic that strong AI is possible.

Kamq on Sept 16, 2022 | [–]

Ahh, in that sense. Fair enough, I hadn't interpreted optimistic in that manner.

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