"If our extinction proceeds slowly enough to allow……" — Eliezer Yudkowsky
"If our extinction proceeds slowly enough to allow a moment of horrified realization, the doers of the deed will likely be quite taken aback on realizing that they have actually destroyed the world. Therefore I suggest that if the Earth is destroyed, it will probably be by mistake."
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Eliezer Yudkowsky
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67 Quotes by Eliezer Yudkowsky
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