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The SL4 message “Re: Beyond evolution” (2001-02-05) contests Y29. Replying directly to Samantha Atkins's claim that 'the AIs can balance each other out', he argues that the first AI to transcend wins outright. Earlier in the message he says checks and balances 'breaks down completely under high technology'. Copy claim link
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Date 2001-02-05 · publication 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 multiple superintelligences will balance each other in humans’ favour. Scope and limits Premise addressed: Multiple superintelligences will balance each other in humans’ favour. The next sentence adds an exception: unless that AI decides not to.
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Re: Beyond evolution (SL4 mailing list) ↗ SL4 mailing list · 2001-02-05
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Source excerpt “I really don't think so. First AI to transcend moves into accelerated subjective time and wins all the marbles.” Location in source message body, paragraph beginning 'I really don't think so. First…'
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Source details and check notes Authors Eliezer Yudkowsky Version Archive HTML as served, retrieved 2026-10-07 (SHA-256 d6b0fc61bd6dd6ab7bc10f56338eb8e5dc25339a9f5d8f07a478e3ef33ae819a); 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: Beyond evolution”, SL4 mailing list, 2001-02-05. 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 T29-s2. The quotation (19 words) matched the retrieved expression (SHA-256 d6b0fc61bd6dd6ab7bc10f56338eb8e5dc25339a9f5d8f07a478e3ef33ae819a) 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 "Mon Feb 05 2001 - 10:57:20 MST" under "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky".
Record ID yk-y29-sl4-2001-02-05-yudkowsky-0102-0542-c