Perplexed comments on What can you do with an Unfriendly AI? - Less Wrong
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There are many things wrong with many of your statements here, but this one is particularly simple. You simply misunderstand what a proof checker does.
A proof checker does not deal with statements, it deals with formal proofs. Proof checking is roughly as complicated as parsing a context free language. That is, it is almost a trivial task.
Proof finding is another matter. A proof finder (aka a "theorem prover") takes a statement as input and attempts to produce a proof as output. Godel shows that there are statements that a proof finder can't handle.
You have repeatedly made claims which only make sense if you have the two kinds of programs confused. Fix that confusion, please.