RichardKennaway comments on Contrived infinite-torture scenarios: July 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: daedalus2u 24 July 2010 03:55:03PM 3 points [-]

I deduce you are lying.

If you were an AI and had simulated me for 3^^^3 times, there would be no utility in running my simulation 3^^^3+1 times because it would simply be a repetition of an earlier case. Either you don't appreciate this and are running the simulation again anyway, or you and your simulation of me are so imperfect that you are unable to appreciate that I appreciate it. In the most charitable case, I can deduce you are far from omnipotent.

That must be quite torturous for you, to have a lowly simulation deduce your feet of clay.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 25 July 2010 07:38:00AM 0 points [-]

Consider the scenario suitably modified.