Yudkowsky-Hanson Jane Street Debate 2011
Eliezer Yudkowsky: I forget what the exact form of it was. The question is, "After all sorts of interesting technological things happen at some undetermined point in the future, are we going to see a very small nucleus that can or does control all the resources, or do we see a general, more civilization-wide, large fraction of society participating in all these things going down?" Robin Hanson: I think, if I remember it, it was, "Compared to the industrial and farming revolutions, intelligence explosion first movers will soon dominate a larger fraction of the future world." Eliezer: That's what I remember. Moderator: There was a whole debate to get to this statement. [laughter] Moderator: Right, so, "for"... Robin: We'll try to explain what those mean. Moderator: "For" -- you're saying that you believe that the first movers will gain a large lead relative to first movers in the industrial and farming revolutions. Robin: Right. Moderator: If you agree with that statement, you're "for."
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