phob comments on Reason as memetic immune disorder - Less Wrong

215 Post author: PhilGoetz 19 September 2009 09:05PM

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Comment author: CronoDAS 21 September 2009 07:09:46AM 5 points [-]

The hypothetical AI is assumed to be able to talk normal humans assigned to guard it into taking its side.

In other words, the safest way to restrain it is to simply not turn it on.

Comment author: phob 29 October 2010 11:54:53AM -1 points [-]

Safest, but maybe not the only safe way?

Why not make a recursively improving AI in some strongly typed language who provably can only interact with the world through printing names of stocks to buy?

How about one that can only make blueprints for star ships?