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“Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk” (2006-02-05) contests Y26. States and rejects the argument that a fast mind is limited by its physical manipulators. The next paragraphs sketch how such a mind could bootstrap to molecular nanotechnology. One step in 'one imaginable fast pathway' from solving protein folding, through emailed DNA orders, to a primitive nanosystem. The step assumes only one human willing or deceived into helping. Copy claim link
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Date 2006-02-05 · event Role Contesting 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 intelligence without physical actuators of its own is not dangerous, and against the premise that to act in the physical world it would need human help, which people would not give. Scope and limits ('Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk', section 10 'Threats and Promises', paragraph beginning 'We suppose there comes into existence an extremely fast mind', printed pp. 25–26) Premise addressed: Intelligence without physical actuators of its own is not dangerous. Published in Global Catastrophic Risks (Oxford University Press, 2008); the cached MIRI reprint states that it 'contains minor changes'. The quotation runs across a page break in the reprint, which the elision marks. The inner quotation is the position rejected, not his view. The ellipsis marks only a page break (running head and page number); no words are omitted. Admission check, 2026-10-08: the quoted wording also appears in the draft of 5 February 2006, so the record is dated by the draft. ('Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk', section 10 'Threats and Promises', numbered pathway, step 3, printed p. 26) Premise addressed: To act in the physical world it would need human help, which people would not give. Same reprint as the section 10 passage above. The text says the whole scenario is 'strictly something I am thinking of' and that a faster mind might find a better way. Presented as one illustrative pathway, not a prediction. Admission check, 2026-10-08: the quoted wording also appears in the draft of 5 February 2006, so the record is dated by the draft.
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Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk (MIRI reprint) ↗ Machine Intelligence Research Institute · 2008
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Source excerpt “The failure of imagination is to say, “No matter how fast it thinks, it can only affect the world at the speed of its manipulators … therefore a fast mind is no great threat.” Location in source 'Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk', section 10 'Threats and Promises', paragraph beginning 'We suppose there comes into existence an extremely fast mind', printed pp. 25–26
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Source details and check notes Authors Eliezer Yudkowsky Version MIRI reprint, "This version contains minor changes", retrieved 2026-10-06 with the hash recorded by the 1996–2022 candidate search; byte-identical to the capture of 2013-03-02. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Archive copy Open archived copy, captured 2013-03-02: Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk (MIRI reprint) ↗ . An archive copy shows only what the archive retrieved on 2013-03-02. It does not prove what the page said earlier, and it can differ from the copy checked on 2026-10-06.Attribution Eliezer Yudkowsky, "Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk", in Global Catastrophic Risks (2008); MIRI reprint. 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 T26-a. The quotation (34 words; trimmed 2026-10-13 from 47 words) matched the retrieved expression (SHA-256 5b5a2ec3252a45f65cdc0b899330af2cbd946e75a31b83d5fbd3aa581a23615d) when checked on 2026-10-06. primary source Supports the claim
Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk (MIRI reprint) ↗ Machine Intelligence Research Institute · 2008
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Paraphrase The third step of his example pathway is to find one person connected to the Internet who can be paid, blackmailed or deceived into receiving mailed vials and mixing them in a specified environment.
Location in source 'Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk', section 10 'Threats and Promises', numbered pathway, step 3, printed p. 26
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Source details and check notes Authors Eliezer Yudkowsky Version MIRI reprint, "This version contains minor changes", retrieved 2026-10-06 with the hash recorded by the 1996–2022 candidate search; byte-identical to the capture of 2013-03-02. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Archive copy Open archived copy, captured 2013-03-02: Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk (MIRI reprint) ↗ . An archive copy shows only what the archive retrieved on 2013-03-02. It does not prove what the page said earlier, and it can differ from the copy checked on 2026-10-06.Attribution Eliezer Yudkowsky, "Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk", in Global Catastrophic Risks (2008); MIRI reprint. 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 T26-b. The quotation (32 words) matched the retrieved expression (SHA-256 5b5a2ec3252a45f65cdc0b899330af2cbd946e75a31b83d5fbd3aa581a23615d) when checked on 2026-10-06. The dataset already quotes this source for the human-thought collection; together the quotations would exceed the per-document quotation limit. Converted to a labelled paraphrase. primary source Supports the claim
Artificial Intelligence and Global Risk (SIAI draft of 5 February 2006) ↗ Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence · 2006-02-05
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Paraphrase The same wording appears in the draft dated 5 February 2006.
Location in source Draft of 5 February 2006, as captured on 2006-07-08
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Source details and check notes Authors Eliezer Yudkowsky Version Draft PDF as captured by the Internet Archive on 2006-07-08, retrieved 2026-10-06. The draft asks not to be quoted without permission, so it is cited for the presence and date of the wording, not quoted. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Archive copy Open archived copy, captured 2006-07-08: Artificial Intelligence and Global Risk (SIAI draft of 5 February 2006) ↗ . Captured 153 days after the recorded publication date. An archive copy shows only what the archive retrieved on 2006-07-08. It does not prove what the page said earlier, and it can differ from the copy checked on 2026-10-06.Attribution Eliezer Yudkowsky, "Artificial Intelligence and Global Risk", SIAI draft of 5 February 2006. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata and labelled paraphrases only: the draft asks not to be quoted without permission. Phrases in quotation marks inside a paraphrase identify the source's wording. Check notes Compared on 2026-10-08 with the draft's PDF text layer after normalising quotation marks, dashes and whitespace. The draft asks not to be quoted without permission, so it is cited for the presence and date of the wording only. primary source Supports the claim
Artificial Intelligence and Global Risk (SIAI draft of 5 February 2006) ↗ Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence · 2006-02-05
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Paraphrase The same wording appears in the draft dated 5 February 2006.
Location in source Draft of 5 February 2006, as captured on 2006-07-08
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Source details and check notes Authors Eliezer Yudkowsky Version Draft PDF as captured by the Internet Archive on 2006-07-08, retrieved 2026-10-06. The draft asks not to be quoted without permission, so it is cited for the presence and date of the wording, not quoted. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Archive copy Open archived copy, captured 2006-07-08: Artificial Intelligence and Global Risk (SIAI draft of 5 February 2006) ↗ . Captured 153 days after the recorded publication date. An archive copy shows only what the archive retrieved on 2006-07-08. It does not prove what the page said earlier, and it can differ from the copy checked on 2026-10-06.Attribution Eliezer Yudkowsky, "Artificial Intelligence and Global Risk", SIAI draft of 5 February 2006. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata and labelled paraphrases only: the draft asks not to be quoted without permission. Phrases in quotation marks inside a paraphrase identify the source's wording. Check notes Compared on 2026-10-08 with the draft's PDF text layer after normalising quotation marks, dashes and whitespace. The draft asks not to be quoted without permission, so it is cited for the presence and date of the wording only. 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. Date of the SIAI draft ("Draft of 5 February, 2006"), whose capture of 2006-07-08 contains the quoted wording; the chapter was published in 2008. As for the human-thought collection's records of this chapter.
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