Ideas & debates
3 collections of propositions about machine intelligence, with the texts that state, dispute or bear on them.
- Propositions
Propositions about superintelligence, 1863–2022
15 propositions about machine intelligence, each with one criterion, and 229 records from 85 texts that state, dispute or bear on them. Each proposition names its earliest located text, and fiction and satire are labelled. The page can be downloaded as a research starter, with the original sources first.
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Eliezer Yudkowsky’s arguments on common claims about AI, 1996–2026
29 claims often made about advanced AI, each recorded as a proposition with one criterion, and 207 records from 121 texts by Eliezer Yudkowsky, 1996–2026, that state, contest or bear on them. Each claim names his earliest located text that contests it, and his earlier views appear with his later texts that contest them. The page can be downloaded as a research starter, with the original sources first.
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Economics of machine intelligence
24 propositions on the economics of machine intelligence, and 323 records from 87 texts, 1952–2026, that state, contest or bear on them: the explosive-growth debate, how mainstream economics treated automation and AI, and how economists took up superintelligence and existential risk from AI. Each text carries its tier, and model results their conditions. The page can be downloaded as a research starter, with the original sources first.
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