simpleton comments on The Strangest Thing An AI Could Tell You - Less Wrong

81 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 July 2009 02:27AM

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Comment author: Alicorn 15 July 2009 05:30:08AM 11 points [-]

Solipsism? Isn't there some contradiction inherent in believing in solipsism because someone else tells you that you should?

Comment author: simpleton 15 July 2009 06:07:19AM 6 points [-]

Well, I wouldn't rule out any of:

1) I and the AI are the only real optimization processes in the universe.

2) I-and-the-AI is the only real optimization process in the universe (but the AI half of this duo consistently makes better predictions than "I" do).

3) The concept of personal identity is unsalvageably confused.