Roko comments on Public Choice and the Altruist's Burden - Less Wrong

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Comment author: cousin_it 23 July 2010 02:44:10PM *  3 points [-]

Sorry for deleting my comment, I didn't think you'd answer it so quickly. For posterity, it said: "Is their research secret? Any pointers?"

Here's the list of SIAI publications. Apart from Eliezer's writings, there's only one moderately interesting item on the list: Peter de Blanc's "convergence of expected utility" (or divergence, rather). That's... good, I guess? My point stands.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 23 July 2010 02:44:35PM 1 point [-]

Is it secret why it's secret? I can't imagine.

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 23 July 2010 02:55:20PM 3 points [-]

Yes. If anyone finds out why Marcello's research is secret, they have to be killed and cryopreserved for interrogation after the singularity.

Now why do you even ask why should people be afraid of something going terribly wrong at SIAI? Keeping it secret in order to avoid signaling the moment where it becomes necessary to keep it secret? Hmm...