[_Nat_]

What was the overall point of the talk?

I get the sense that the talk was meant as a rebuttal to something, but I'm not exactly sure what. Some of the points come off as disconnected.

[bbor]

It rebuts Bostrom, no?

[idlewords]

That's correct, this talk was given back when nerds were reading his book and scaring themselves silly.

[_Nat_]

Got it: ["Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintelligence:_Paths,_Dang... ), by Nick Bostrom (2014).

Guess I saw the title, "Superintelligence: An idea that eats smart people", and thought of it as being about that general topic (of superintelligence), rather than being about a specific book.