Why has the singularity and AGI not triggered such an interest?
Thiel's donations to SIAI seem like the exception which highlights
the rule.
Salesmanship? Believability? Fear of Consequences including
backlash? I would suspect it is the right people not being approached
in the right way mainly. Who are the folks here who are fund raising
for different relevant AGI and MNT projects? What are you
experiencing? If there aren't many such folks then that is part of
the answer.
The issue IMO is that philanthropists do not really believe these are
near-term issues.
If they have read Kurzweil, they generally will view him as highly
overoptimistic regarding time scale.
They would rather use their $$ for things that they believe will cause
more clear, immediately perceivable benefit.
-- Ben
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