[mikeash]

It specifies exactly what the solution is: bringing about the singularity in a deliberate fashion that ensures the resulting superhuman AI is on our side. I’m short, we need to create a loving god.

I don’t know if I find this to be a sane suggestion, but it doesn’t seem to resemble what you’re saying.

[obviuosly]

Yeah, it is some kind of god, which is a completely far fetched, utopist, naive and futurist idea. We already know how to deal with the problem of corrupt leadership: Burn it down and replace it. It is suspicious that this is not considered here.