What might also be worrisome is that the two papers he seems to have read and associated with the SIAI are both not written by the SIAI.
I think that is not correct. You said:
His latest post takes on Omohundro’s “Basic AI Drives”
However. the link was to:
http://singinst.org/upload/ai-resource-drives.pdf
...not...
http://selfawaresystems.com/2007/11/30/paper-on-the-basic-ai-drives/
The former is written by Carl Shulman—who seems to be being credited with 4 recent SIAI publications here.
I think that is not correct. You said:
However. the link was to:
http://singinst.org/upload/ai-resource-drives.pdf
...not...
http://selfawaresystems.com/2007/11/30/paper-on-the-basic-ai-drives/
The former is written by Carl Shulman—who seems to be being credited with 4 recent SIAI publications here.