Yudkowsky: eugenics is now "the third most important project in the world." After AI doom and anime, presumably.
Yudkowsky: eugenics is now "the third most important project in the world." After AI doom and anime, presumably.
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So AGI is 0.5-2 years away. After which the singularity happens and due to AI alignment we either are immortal forever, or everybody is diamondoid paperclips.
A normal human takes 18 years to grow to maturity. So for the sake of the argument (yes yes, don't hand it to ISIS) a supergene baby can do that in 9 years. (poor kid). Those timelines seem at odds with each other (and that is assuming the research was possible now).
I know timelines and science fiction stories are a bit fluid but, come on, at least pretend you believe in it. I'm not saying he is full of shit but... no wait, I am saying that.
As we know, the critical age for a boy genius is somewhere from 11 (Harry Potter) to 15 (Paul Atreides), so the gene-enhanced baby ought to have a fair shot after a few months or so.
I don't think Harry was much of a genius, unless you mean Harriezer from MoR in which case lol, lmao
I did yes :)