prase comments on Open Thread: July 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: prase 03 July 2010 06:34:09PM 1 point [-]

Is there any particular reason why one of the actors is an AI?

Comment author: utilitymonster 03 July 2010 06:42:28PM 2 points [-]

Al, not AI. ("Al" as in "Alan")

Comment author: prase 03 July 2010 06:49:20PM * 4 points [-]

Sorry. I have some Lesswrong bias.

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By the way, are these two strings distinguishable when written in the font of this site? Seem to me the same.

Comment author: RobinZ 03 July 2010 06:57:04PM 2 points [-]

You're right - they're pixel-for-pixel identical. That's a bit problematic.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 04 July 2010 04:32:40AM 1 point [-]

Maybe that's why cryptographers say "Alice" rather than "Al."