Torben comments on Secrets of the eliminati - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Torben 18 July 2011 08:04:08AM *  5 points [-]

Interesting post throughout, but don't you overplay your hand a bit here?

There's nothing that looks remotely like a goal in its programming, [...]

An IF-THEN piece of code comparing a measured RGB value to a threshold value for firing the laser would look at least remotely like a goal to my mind.

Comment author: ShardPhoenix 21 July 2011 03:40:03AM 1 point [-]

Consider a robot where the B signal is amplified and transmitted directly to the laser (so brighter blue equals strong laser firing). This eliminates the conditional logic while still keeping approximately the same apparent goal.