Hawking/Russell/Tegmark/Wilczek:
If a superior alien civilization sent us a text message saying, “We’ll arrive in a few decades,” would we just reply, “OK, call us when you get here—we’ll leave the lights on”? Probably not—but this is more or less what is happening with AI.
Nice.
“Never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
(This has been mentioned before on LW but not in a quote thread. I figured it was fair game.)