Stuart_Armstrong comments on Advice for AI makers - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 15 January 2010 10:23:24AM 0 points [-]

Entertainingly, he's entering the field from mathematical cryptography; so "don't design your own cipher" is precisely the wrong analogy to use here :-)

Comment author: ciphergoth 15 January 2010 10:44:05AM 0 points [-]

"mathematical cryptography"? What other sort of cryptography is there?

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 15 January 2010 01:10:38PM 0 points [-]

It used to be the domain of the linguists... But you're correct; nowadays, I'm using mathematical cryptography as a short hand for "y'know, like, real cryptography, not just messing around with symbols to impress you friends".

Comment author: ciphergoth 15 January 2010 01:58:24PM 0 points [-]

Ah, OK!

It's possible in that case that I may actually know your friend, if they happened to touch on some of the same parts of the field as me.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 15 January 2010 02:14:00PM 0 points [-]

No extra clues :-)