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Their wordsThere is no reason to believe that a suitably advanced digital computer couldn’t do the same.
Their wordsShould any single company or research group be able to decide the fate of humanity? The question nearly answers itself.
Their wordsIn fact, the only thing nearly as scary as building an AGI is the prospect of not building one.
Our reading
In building AGI we seem to be building a God, and should ask now whether it can be a good one.
Their wordsWe seem to be in the process of building a God. Now would be a good time to wonder whether it will (or even can) be a good one.
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