Re: Boy Genius or Craft Idiot?

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Sat May 31 2003 - 10:35:14 MDT

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    Olga Bourlin wrote:
    > On the one hand he's reputed to have an unquantifiable IQ:
    >
    > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134859999_boygenius31.html
    >
    > On the other hand he says:
    > "[arrogantly] I believe I was given a special gift from God, and [humbly] I
    > don't know why" ... and [as Miss America candidates are inclined to say] "I
    > want to use this gift to help all mankind and bring lasting world peace."
    > [my italics]

    "Greg dreams of mining asteroids, curing cancer, eradicating hunger and
    becoming president."

    Ah, I remember those days. I had almost exactly the same dreams as a kid,
    before I got ambitious.

    -- 
    Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
    Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
    


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