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The SL4 message “Re: Military in or out?” (2001-02-25) contests Y15. Replying to Ben Goertzel on military AI, he describes 'toollike' superintelligences structured around immediate instructions rather than supergoals (which could be told to kill every living thing in a country) and answers his own question whether such AI can be built safely. Copy claim link
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Date 2001-02-25 · 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 a system that only outputs answers or plans, leaving humans to act on them, is safe, even when read with its message or dialogue turn. Scope and limits Premise addressed: A system that only outputs answers or plans, leaving humans to act on them, is safe. The Q/A is his own rhetorical device, not quoted from anyone. A bare conclusion; the argument is only implied by the earlier paragraph about instructing a toollike SI. Earlier than his post ‘The Rhythm of Disagreement’ (2008-06-01).
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Re: Military in or out? (SL4 mailing list) ↗ SL4 mailing list · 2001-02-25
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Source excerpt “Q: "Can non-Friendly AI or toollike AI be built?" A: "Not safely." Location in source message body, paragraph beginning 'Q: "Can non-Friendly AI or toollike AI be built?"'
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Source details and check notes Authors Eliezer Yudkowsky Version Archive HTML as served, retrieved 2026-10-07 (SHA-256 118185c7799c0d30fa1cb5855fe5bdfc4ffbfb8f57184d9006a9e525a33fd204); 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: Military in or out?”, SL4 mailing list, 2001-02-25. 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 T15-s1. The quotation (12 words) matched the retrieved expression (SHA-256 118185c7799c0d30fa1cb5855fe5bdfc4ffbfb8f57184d9006a9e525a33fd204) 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.
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Date. Archive author index lists the message as "Sun Feb 25 2001 - 11:44:18 MST" under "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky".
Record ID yk-y15-sl4-2001-02-25-yudkowsky-0102-0594-c