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The post “That Tiny Note of Discord” (2008-09-23) contests Y02. Recapping his 2008 autobiographical series, he states that his 1997 self believed any superintelligence would automatically do what is right, and names the flaw in that belief. Copy claim link
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Date 2008-09-23 · publication Role Contesting, Later restatement Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Engagement Engages a premise. Under the message-level rule, the passage, read with the paragraph, message or dialogue turn it belongs to, gives a reason against the premise that greater intelligence by itself brings benevolent goals. Looking back Reports the belief of “Eliezer1997”. Belief dated 1997 by the text. The record is dated by the report. Scope and limits Premise addressed: Greater intelligence by itself brings benevolent goals. Imported Overcoming Bias post (2008-09-23). In the HTML the name is written Eliezer<sub>1997</sub>; the quote gives the tag-stripped text. Clearest single retrospective statement of the earlier belief found; companion posts are listed in searchNotes.
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That Tiny Note of Discord ↗ Overcoming Bias · 2008-09-23
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Source excerpt “When we last left Eliezer1997, he believed that any superintelligence would automatically do what was "right", and indeed would understand that better than we could … (The flaw being the unconsidered and unjustified equation of "universally compelling argument" with "right".)” Location in source That Tiny Note of Discord, opening paragraph
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Source details and check notes Authors Eliezer Yudkowsky Version Post body retrieved through the LessWrong GraphQL API on 2026-10-06 (SHA-256 ef2eeb6057de3223e07793af295329faed34e000b1f751037cd4bb813083571b), content version 1.0.0. As imported to LessWrong. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Attribution Eliezer Yudkowsky, “That Tiny Note of Discord”, Overcoming Bias, as imported to LessWrong, 2008-09-23. 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 T02-e. The quotation (40 words) matched the retrieved expression (SHA-256 ef2eeb6057de3223e07793af295329faed34e000b1f751037cd4bb813083571b) when checked on 2026-10-06. 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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