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Robin Hansonauthored ↓AI big wins (was: Punctuated Equilibrium Theory)

The mailing-list message “AI big wins (was: Punctuated Equilibrium Theory)” (1998-09-24) is sent under the name Robin Hanson.

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Date: 1998-09-24 · publication

Scope and limitsA sender name on a mailing-list message as archived; it does not establish identity beyond the credited name, and quoted text by others inside the message is not the sender’s.

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AI big wins (was: Punctuated Equilibrium Theory) (Extropians mailing list)

Extropians mailing list · 1998-09-24

Archived copy, captured 2015-04-28: AI big wins (was: Punctuated Equilibrium Theory) (Extropians mailing list)

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Credited as “Robin Hanson” (message header, sender name (address not reproduced)).

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Authors: Robin Hanson
Version: Archive HTML as served, retrieved 2026-10-06 with the hash recorded by the 1996–2022 candidate search; quoted lines excluded when reading the author’s text. Archive at extropians.weidai.com.
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Accessed: 2026-10-06
Language: English (en)
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Attribution: Robin Hanson, "AI big wins (was: Punctuated Equilibrium Theory)", Extropians mailing list, 1998-09-24.
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