Sewing-Machine comments on What a reduction of "could" could look like - Less Wrong

53 Post author: cousin_it 12 August 2010 05:41PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 13 August 2010 03:52:35PM 0 points [-]

One can interpret the phrase "world calls agent and returns utility" with different levels of obtuseness:

  1. World looks up agent, examines it, runs it, sees what it's output was and intermediate steps were, then decides what agent deserves.

  2. World looks at a sheet of paper agent has written a number on. Analyzes handwriting. Then decides what agent deserves

  3. World does not even analyze handwriting.

You mean 3, right? That's all I meant by edit 2.

Comment author: cousin_it 13 August 2010 03:53:35PM *  0 points [-]

Yes, that's right.