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The SL4 message “Re: Open Source Friendly AI? (was Singularity and the generalpublic)” (2001-04-12) contests Y02. Replying to James Higgins on why the Singularity Institute switched from an open-source to a closed-source AI plan, he gives as one reason that he no longer believes superintelligence implies supermorality. Copy claim link
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Date 2001-04-12 · publication Role Contesting Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Engagement States the contrary. Under the message-level rule, the passage states the contrary conclusion without giving a reason against the premise that greater intelligence by itself brings benevolent goals, even when read with its message or dialogue turn. Looking back Reports a time when he thought superintelligence implied supermorality. The record is dated by the report. Scope and limits Premise addressed: Greater intelligence by itself brings benevolent goals. Retrospective aside within a numbered list of reasons for closed-source development. Quotation shortened to respect the ~10% cap for a short message.
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Re: Open Source Friendly AI? (was Singularity and the generalpublic) (SL4 mailing list) ↗ SL4 mailing list · 2001-04-12
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Source excerpt “didn't make me nervous back when I thought superintelligence automatically implied supermorality, but does make me nervous now” Location in source message body, paragraph beginning '1) You need a working product'
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Source details and check notes Authors Eliezer Yudkowsky Version Archive HTML as served, retrieved 2026-10-07 (SHA-256 4e3a019e1008dc1737690eaf73c9816ec019787934a68b557d35ebce82840d7d); quoted lines excluded when reading the author’s text. The served archive shows later URL rewriting and does not authenticate historical bytes. Archive at sl4.org. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-07 Language English (en) Attribution Eliezer Yudkowsky, “Re: Open Source Friendly AI? (was Singularity and the generalpublic)”, SL4 mailing list, 2001-04-12. 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-s3. The quotation (18 words) matched the retrieved expression (SHA-256 4e3a019e1008dc1737690eaf73c9816ec019787934a68b557d35ebce82840d7d) when checked on 2026-10-07. 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.
Relation. A passage of the document disputes the proposition or a premise it depends on. The record documents the text’s position, not who is right.
Date. Archive author index lists the message as "Thu Apr 12 2001 - 23:58:35 MDT" under "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky".
Record ID yk-y02-sl4-2001-04-12-yudkowsky-0104-1076-c