Reader finishes the 500-page Hanson-Yudkowsky AI-Foom Debate, picks Carl Shulman as the winner
zetalyrae · x · 2026-09-23
- The author finished The Hanson-Yudkowsky AI-Foom Debate: 500 pages across 60 blog posts by Yudkowsky and Hanson, a transcript of their in-person debate at Jane Street, Kaj Sotala's summary, and Yudkowsky's 100-page paper on Intelligence Explosion Microeconomics.
- His verdict: the real winner was Carl Shulman, who contributed just two blog posts and some feisty comment exchanges.
- The quoted post pairs the reading with Feynman's audiobook voice via ElevenReader.
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