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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Science fiction is only good when it rests on an obvious hypothesis rather than being space opera, because the story exists to test the idea. Science fiction is only good when itrests on an obvious hypothesisrather than being space opera,because the story exists to test theidea. DH Dan Houser — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: The story of a superintelligence in a box that gets smart and kills everybody is not science fiction — it is bad science fiction. — tap to centre the map on it The story of asuperintelligence in a boxthat gets smart and killseverybody is not science… SW Sara Walker — holds since 2024-06-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Dismissing human-level AI as science fiction is now unserious, because even the sceptical experts put it within a decade or two. — tap to centre the map on it Dismissing human-level AI asscience fiction is nowunserious, because even thesceptical experts put it… HT Helen Toner — holds since 2025-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reading fiction is necessary to an engineer's creative capacity; reading only technical books drains it — tap to centre the map on it Reading fiction is necessaryto an engineer's creativecapacity; reading onlytechnical books drains it VB Vicki Boykis — holds since 2024-12-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI research is on a good trajectory overall — good for science and good for society — and existential concerns will only become relevant in the distant future. — tap to centre the map on it AI research is on a goodtrajectory overall — good forscience and good for society —and existential concerns will… YB Yoshua Bengio — holds since 2023-08-12 — tap for who they are YB Yoshua Bengio — no longer holds since 2023-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: You should only start a book you believe is going to be great, whatever it turns out to be. — tap to centre the map on it You should only start a bookyou believe is going to begreat, whatever it turns outto be. ML Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coming up with a good conjecture is harder than solving one, and that taste for the right question is what separates great scientists from good ones. — tap to centre the map on it Coming up with a goodconjecture is harder thansolving one, and that tastefor the right question is what… DH Demis Hassabis — holds since 2025-07-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A far-fetched idea earns itsplace in physics only when youcan go out and look for itsobservational consequences. LR Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Physicists did not invent dark matter and dark energy to rescue their theories — they would much rather the answer were something cooler, and the data will not allow it. — tap to centre the map on it Physicists did not invent darkmatter and dark energy torescue their theories — theywould much rather the answer… SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Science fiction is only good when it rests on an obvious hypothesis rather than being space opera, because the story exists to test the idea. Holds Dan Houser Read this korrent →