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		baxtr 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hilbert's sixth problem: derivation of fluid equat... Although the reasoning is clear, you (and her) jump from "possible in principle" to "inevitable in practice". Just because something is physically possible doesn't make it "inevitable". That's why it's just a fantasy at this point.

naasking 6 months ago [–]

As I said above:

> This + continued technological development entails that AGI is inevitable.

Everyone takes the above as a given in any discussion of future projections.

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