Stuart_Armstrong comments on Advice for AI makers - Less Wrong

7 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 14 January 2010 11:32AM

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 15 January 2010 10:31:30AM 0 points [-]

See the addendum above; "don't do it" isn't likely to work.

Comment author: ciphergoth 15 January 2010 10:45:31AM 0 points [-]

Even though it's unlikely to work, it is still the approach which minimizes risk; even a small reduction in their probability of going ahead will likely be a bigger effect than any other safety advice you can give, and any other advice will act against its efficacy.