James_Miller comments on My true rejection - Less Wrong

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Comment author: James_Miller 15 July 2011 12:49:34AM 8 points [-]

Also, the first rule of SIAI's assassinate unfriendly AI researchers program is don't talk about the assassinate unfriendly AI researchers program.

Not if their goal is deterrence, which leads me to conclude that they don't have an assassination program.

Comment author: Nornagest 15 July 2011 12:53:53AM *  10 points [-]

Taking murder laws into account, I expect a scenario where UFAI researchers tend to turn up dead under mysterious circumstances without any group credibly claiming responsibility would more effectively deter UFAI research than one where a single rogue research institute openly professes an assassination policy.

Hypothetically speaking.

Comment author: timtyler 15 July 2011 11:59:08AM *  1 point [-]

Taking murder laws into account, I expect a scenario where UFAI researchers tend to turn up dead under mysterious circumstances without any group credibly claiming responsibility would more effectively deter UFAI research than one where a single rogue research institute openly professes an assassination policy.

Do-gooding terrorists relatively frequenly claim responsibility for their actions. For instance, consider the case of Anonymous.

Comment author: Desrtopa 19 July 2011 06:51:27PM 4 points [-]

Considering that nearly all terrorists probably think of themselves as do-gooders, I'm not sure how you separate a pool of actual do-gooding terrorists large enough to draw meaningful inferences about it.

Comment author: timtyler 19 July 2011 07:46:31PM 1 point [-]

Terrorist groups relatively frequenly claim responsibility for their actions.