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Hanson, “Setting the Stage” (2008-11-18), in “The Hanson-Yudkowsky AI-Foom Debate”, bears on E05. Hanson states that his position in the foom debate rests on growth economics. Copy claim link
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Date 2008-11-18 · publication Role Context Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Missing element Describes Hanson's own method, not whether economics engaged with the topic. Tier Tier 2. Blog debate (2008 Overcoming Bias posts) between an economist and a non-economist: tier 2 as an online debate; the maintainer confirmed tier 2 for the debate on 2026-10-12. Scope and limits Shows an economist bringing growth economics to the intelligence-explosion question in 2008; it is not a statement about the discipline's engagement. Tier 2. E05 boundary, option A (maintainer decision of 2026-10-15): bears on E05, because it describes Hanson's own method, not the state of economics on the topic.
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Setting the Stage ↗ Machine Intelligence Research Institute, The Hanson-Yudkowsky AI-Foom Debate (2013) · 2013
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Source excerpt “I rely most heavily here on abstractions from folks who study economic growth.” Location in source "Setting the Stage", 18 November 2008, MIRI compilation (2013) ch. 6, post body; pdf p. 37
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Source details and check notes Authors Robin Hanson Version Chapter 6 of The Hanson-Yudkowsky AI-Foom Debate (Machine Intelligence Research Institute, 2013), which compiles the 2008 Overcoming Bias debate with later posts; the compilation heads the post with its date. Current MIRI PDF, retrieved 2026-10-11. SHA-256 6b6dfd0416402e1776d7ddcece95298df2df0ed9bc0bd4a6f4bd81c4b1e5102a. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-11 Language English (en) Attribution Robin Hanson, “Setting the Stage”, in Machine Intelligence Research Institute, The Hanson-Yudkowsky AI-Foom Debate (2013). Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage E05-04 (research/economics-mainstream/esoteric). The quotation (13 words) matched the retrieved current copy (SHA-256 6b6dfd0416402e1776d7ddcece95298df2df0ed9bc0bd4a6f4bd81c4b1e5102a) in the pack's verification of 2026-10-15. Re-checked at admission on 2026-10-16 against a copy retrieved that day. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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