Commenters picked up on a mix of practical nitpicks and philosophical debate triggered by Microagi. Gumby complained that the site's claimed “Pay Transparency” promises a salary range that wasn't actually shown in the listings they checked. Others focused on what will count as "embodiment" or maturity for AGI: kelseyfrog said people are shifting the goalpost from physical embodiment to being raised and socialized by parental figures and peers; plusfour argued goalposts will keep moving. anonymous908213 used a joking example of genetically engineered catgirls to underline how arbitrary some people's goalposts can be.
A second strand of discussion contrasted creating a single nurtured AGI versus copying or cloning systems. unsnap_biceps asked why, once AGI exists, duplication wouldn't be preferred to raising a new one; georgemcbay raised a sci-fi-style worry that imperfect copying could produce dangerous "evil clones"; kelseyfrog insisted someone still has to create the first instance; unsnap_biceps worried a first one wouldn't have human-like parents or varied peers; kelseyfrog replied that parents and peers needn’t be artificial. E-Reverance suggested raising AGI could let us decouple intelligence from social worth. Overall, views split between those who see social upbringing as essential, those who expect replication to dominate, and skeptics who expect definitions of success to keep shifting.
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