Foom is finding the slider bar in the config menu labeled ‘intelligence’ and moving it all the way to the right.
I don’t know what it is—but I am pretty sure that is not it.
If you check with: http://lesswrong.com/lw/wf/hard_takeoff/
...you will see there’s a whole bunch of vague, hand-waving material about how fast that happens.
If you’re willing to reject every definition presented to you, you can keep asking the question as long as you want. I believe this is typically called ‘trolling’.
What is your definition of foom?
Foom is finding the slider bar in the config menu labeled ‘intelligence’ and moving it all the way to the right.
I don’t know what it is—but I am pretty sure that is not it.
If you check with: http://lesswrong.com/lw/wf/hard_takeoff/
...you will see there’s a whole bunch of vague, hand-waving material about how fast that happens.
If you’re willing to reject every definition presented to you, you can keep asking the question as long as you want. I believe this is typically called ‘trolling’.
What is your definition of foom?