JoachimSchipper comments on The AI in a box boxes you - Less Wrong

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Comment author: skepsci 15 February 2012 11:46:50AM 4 points [-]

Is there some background here I'm not getting? Because this reads like you've talked someone into committing suicide over IRC...

Comment author: JoachimSchipper 15 February 2012 12:11:29PM 6 points [-]

He's talking about an AI box. Eliezer has convinced people to let out a potentially unfriendly [1] and dangerously intelligent [2] entity before, although he's not told anyone how he did it.

[1] Think "paperclip maximizer".

[2] Think "near-omnipotent".

Comment author: skepsci 15 February 2012 01:01:25PM *  2 points [-]

Thank you. I knew that, but didn't make the association.