AlephNeil comments on AI cooperation in practice - Less Wrong

26 Post author: cousin_it 30 July 2010 04:21PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 31 July 2010 07:38:55PM *  4 points [-]

can't you prove that proves(outputs(2), n) implies the negation of proves(outputs(1), n)

To prove that, the proof system would need to know its own consistency, because an inconsistent proof system could prove both of these statements and indeed any statement at all. But a proof system cannot know its own consistency without actually being inconsistent (Goedel's second theorem).

Comment author: AlephNeil 31 July 2010 07:41:38PM 0 points [-]

Aha - very cunning.