lessdazed comments on The Blue-Minimizing Robot - Less Wrong

162 Post author: Yvain 04 July 2011 10:26PM

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Comment author: Johnicholas 04 July 2011 03:45:55PM 5 points [-]

One of the obvious extensions of this thought experiment is to posit a laser-powered blue goo that absorbs laser energy, and uses it to grow larger.

This thought experiment also reminds me: Omohundro's arguments regarding likely uFAI behavior are based on the AI having goals of some sort - that is, something we would recognize as goals. It's entirely possible that we wouldn't perceive it as having goals at all, merely behavior.

Comment author: lessdazed 21 July 2011 07:45:04AM 2 points [-]

obvious

Please share your thoughts more often, that wasn't obvious to me at all.

I not unoften say things I think are obvious and get surprised by extreme positive or negative reactions to them.