Right! I started assuming Intelligence Explosion followed from physicalism, since Luke is a cool guy, and he said so. I think I changed my mind somewhere in the middle of writing the post above. Maybe stop at “Oh! Superintelligence!” instead of also “Oh! Intelligence explosion!”, but Michael Vassar is smarter than me, so I’m probably missing something.
Oh. Crap. I think I reversed my position again.
Why? Well, a sufficiently powerful mind that is given enough time should explode or extinguish.
Right! I started assuming Intelligence Explosion followed from physicalism, since Luke is a cool guy, and he said so. I think I changed my mind somewhere in the middle of writing the post above. Maybe stop at “Oh! Superintelligence!” instead of also “Oh! Intelligence explosion!”, but Michael Vassar is smarter than me, so I’m probably missing something.
Oh. Crap. I think I reversed my position again.
Why? Well, a sufficiently powerful mind that is given enough time should explode or extinguish.