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Comment author: gwern 15 October 2010 12:46:34AM *  6 points [-]

I'm sorry, the 'I will never X again!' snowclone just tagged you as a white 21st century American in the top decile of intelligence who has spent a great deal of time reading webcomics in the style of or affiliated to Dinosaur Comics, with all that implies.

Comment author: jimrandomh 15 October 2010 02:38:32AM 1 point [-]

What's wrong with being a white, 21st century American in the upper decile of intelligence who has read Dinosaur Comics?

Comment author: gwern 15 October 2010 02:44:15AM 7 points [-]

Alicorn's disavowal is due to fear of something learning about her through a series of weak inferences; however, ironically, her disavowal/vow to avoid revealing data useful for weak inference is itself grist for the weak inference mill. (And hopefully my example inferences show that the weak inferences may not be all that weak.)

That something learning about her might be entirely neutral. On the other hand, it might be an unFriendly AI programmed by Black Panthers who were picked on as kids by nerds and are irritated by Ryan North's longboard stylings.