Qiaochu_Yuan comments on The Blue-Minimizing Robot - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Decius 01 February 2013 02:49:15AM -1 points [-]

What is the difference between a smart 'shoot lasers at "blue" things' robot and a really dumb 'minimize blue' robot with a laser?

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 01 February 2013 02:56:23AM 0 points [-]

A smart robot that shoots lasers at blue things will shoot at blue things it models as being there even if it can't see them.