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		wmf 28 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AGI fantasy is a blocker to actual engineering People have definitely made the argument that every day AGI is delayed, people are dying from things AGI could have cured etc.

kalkin 28 days ago [–]

That's not Pascal's Wager unless they're saying AGI has infinitesimal probability but infinite payoff, or something like that. If they think AGI is likely, they may be wrong but it's just technological optimism.

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