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The post “Above-Average AI Scientists” (2008-09-28) bears on Y28. Recalling a meeting with the funded head of a corporate AGI project who turned out to be a creationist, he says he stopped assuming that AGI researchers met the standard the problem required. Copy claim link
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Date 2008-09-28 · publication Role Context Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Missing element About the absence of any entry bar to starting an AGI project, not about the competence of the most advanced projects. Looking back Reports an undated meeting after which he stopped assuming that AGI researchers met the standard the problem required. The record is dated by the report. Scope and limits Premise addressed: The most advanced projects are the most competent to handle safety. Imported Overcoming Bias post (2008-09-28). He writes that until this encounter he had been "living in the should-universe" about other AGI researchers; the meeting is undated in the post. About the absence of an entry bar to starting an AGI project in the 2000s, not about the competence of the most advanced projects.
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Above-Average AI Scientists ↗ Overcoming Bias · 2008-09-28
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Source excerpt “This was the point at which I really got, on a gut level, that there was no test you needed to pass in order to start your own AGI project.” Location in source paragraph beginning 'This was the point at which I really got'
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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 9a51493ef45099680e8757938e7c15606cf6835fa7aafc9e442542e5a12fa9c6), 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, “Above-Average AI Scientists”, Overcoming Bias, as imported to LessWrong, 2008-09-28. 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 T28-e. The quotation (30 words) matched the retrieved expression (SHA-256 9a51493ef45099680e8757938e7c15606cf6835fa7aafc9e442542e5a12fa9c6) 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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