“Sorry Arthur, but I’d guess that there is an implicit rule about announcement of an AI-driven singularity: the announcement must come from the AI, not the programmer. I personally would expect the announcement in some unmistakable form such as a message in letters of fire written on the face of the moon.”—Dan Clemmensen, SL4
This is one of the earliest quotes I read that made it click that nothing I could do with my life would have greater impact than pursuing superintelligence.
“Sorry Arthur, but I’d guess that there is an implicit rule about announcement of an AI-driven singularity: the announcement must come from the AI, not the programmer. I personally would expect the announcement in some unmistakable form such as a message in letters of fire written on the face of the moon.”—Dan Clemmensen, SL4
Source: http://www.sl4.org/archive/0203/3081.html
This is one of the earliest quotes I read that made it click that nothing I could do with my life would have greater impact than pursuing superintelligence.