Philosopher gleech defends Bostrom's contested ASI paper: rhetoric damaged but argument intact
gleech · x · 2026-09-03
In an AI-ethics debate, philosopher gleech pushes back on criticism of Nick Bostrom's paper arguing for building ASI as soon as possible. He concedes the paper caused unnecessary rhetorical damage but insists nothing is internally wrong: from the subtitle onward it's explicitly a parochial model of the person-affecting mind, and most readers misread a conditional thesis they unconditionally reject.
More from AGI Musings
- Pro LLM reader: I instantly spot AI writing and physically can't finish it — georgemillo · 2026-09-03
- McKinsey: Repetitive Skills Deprecating Fast as Judgment and AI Direction Skills Rise — terencemauri · 2026-09-03
- Nature Machine Intelligence paper proposes life-inspired interoceptive AI for adaptive agents — AnnaCiaunica · 2026-09-03
- Sequoia: the most valuable startups of the past 20 years rarely matched the hype — FinanceYF5 · 2026-09-03
- Tech bubble underestimates how much ordinary people hate AI, warns SF founder — beffjezos · 2026-09-03
- Nine bold predictions: humanoid robots on market within 12 months, laptops beating frontier LLMs — StrategicHarmony · 2026-09-03