[Ilverin]

I think this essay includes a specific prediction, that human level ai is far away, that might be disproved this decade. If human level ai is close, focusing on some other kind of ai is more likely to be a waste of time.

[goatlover]

There's no reason to think it's close this time, just like there's little reason to think this time automation is going to put everyone out of work.

[naasking]

Actually, there are many good reasons to think it's close:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/K4urTDkBbtNuLivJx/why-i-thin...

[blitzar]

Microsoft already got to human level ai.

Twitter taught Microsoft’s AI chatbot to be a racist asshole in less than a day.

https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/24/11297050/tay-microsoft-ch...