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by ayrtondesozzla 398 days ago
> Unless you have a truly bastardized definition of ASI then there is undoubtedly nothing close to it on earth. No corporation or military or government comes close to what ASI could be capable of.

This is glistening with religious fervour. Sure, they could be that powerful. Just like God/Allah/Thor/Superman could, too.

I've no doubt that many rationalist types sincerely care about these issues, and are sincerely worried. At the same time, I think it very likely that some significant number of them are majorly titillated by the biblical pleasure of playing messiah/prophet.

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>This is glistening with religious fervour. Sure, they could be that powerful. Just like God/Allah/Thor/Superman could, too.

It's just straightforwardly following the definition of what an ASI would be, a strongly superhuman mind. Everything follows from that.