Vladimir_Nesov comments on Open Thread, August 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 02 August 2010 08:08:21PM *  6 points [-]

My point is that "ai box experiment" communicates orders of magnitude less evidence about the danger of escaping AIs than people like to imply, and there are lots of stronger and simpler self-contained arguments such as the one I gave. (The overall danger is much greater than even that, because these are specific plots with an obvious villain, while reality is more subtle.)

Comment author: WrongBot 02 August 2010 08:18:24PM 1 point [-]

Ahhh, I see what you're getting at. Agreed.

Comment author: NihilCredo 03 August 2010 03:13:56AM 0 points [-]

For that matter, calling it an "experiment" is quite misleading.