CronoDAS comments on Development of Compression Rate Method - Less Wrong

11 Post author: Daniel_Burfoot 20 May 2010 05:11PM

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Comment author: CronoDAS 20 May 2010 09:02:18PM 3 points [-]

And you took a lot more words to say it than you needed to.

I thought it was pretty well-written. (And stating the "obvious" isn't always a bad thing.)

Comment author: SilasBarta 20 May 2010 11:21:34PM 1 point [-]

I thought it was pretty well-written.

Sure, if you're a fan of fluff and haven't been down the "Ultimate AI Idea" street too many times.

(And stating the "obvious" isn't always a bad thing.)

I agree, which is why I said:

Now, if you were just out to present a new, more accessible introduction to MML, that would be great: stuff that helps people understand the foundation of rationality is welcome here.

But that doesn't apply here because:

you're claiming you have a new idea, and yet you've already blown over 5,000 words saying nothing new. Commenters asked you last time to get to the point.