byrnema comments on Open Thread: February 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: byrnema 01 February 2010 04:18:41PM 3 points [-]

Perhaps, contact someone likely and ask them to paraphrase the post in their words and submit it as their own?

Now we'll be getting all kinds of posts with, "Eliezer did not write this..or maybe he did!" ...

Comment author: MrHen 01 February 2010 04:25:38PM 1 point [-]

That is an interesting concept to toy with user expectations. I don't know how well it would be received but I'd love to see data from such an experimentation.

Comment author: Kevin 02 February 2010 09:51:18AM *  0 points [-]

I wouldn't, it's not going to be meaningful after one or two tries.

I suppose it could be interesting if it was announced in advance that Eliezer was going to try it and then we could spend the next few months accusing each other of being Eliezer witch-hunt style, except with Bayesian priors. Seriously, I am in favor of doing it that way.

Comment author: SilasBarta 01 February 2010 07:10:34PM *  0 points [-]

Thinking of the recent art threadjack I was party to recently -- I wish the art community would do that! Without the paraphrasing, though.

And then, of course, be sure to get independent evaluations of a work before discussing it with anyone to prevent information cascades.