Michael Vassar

"If greater-than-human artificial general intelligence is invented without due caution, it is all but certain that the human species will be extinct in very short order."

"Imagine there is a set of skills," said. "There is a myth that they are possessed by the whole population, and there is a cynical myth that they're possessed by 10 percent of the population. They've a…"

"I know it's tedious, but you aren't SL4 until you appreciate the depth of human irrationality. Yes rationality is there, but at a level that just barely shows up when measured with precise instruments…"

"I taught at a school in Cincinnati with a 0% graduation rate and that was also interesting so I updated from thinking school was beneficial for other people but not beneficial to me, to thinking schoo…"