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Comment author: Will_Newsome 26 September 2011 09:58:24PM *  0 points [-]

Agreed but would add algorithmic information theory, deep theoretical computer science, and maybe quantum information theory. There are some interesting questions about hypercomputation, getting information from context, and concrete semi-"physical" AI coordination problems. (Also reversible computing is just trippy as hell. Intuitions, especially "moral" intuitions, gawk at it.) These are of course secondary to study of updateless-like decision theories.

Comment author: wedrifid 27 September 2011 12:52:48AM 1 point [-]

Also reversible computing is just trippy as hell. Intuitions, especially "moral" intuitions, gawk at it.

They do? Why? I haven't experienced moral trippiness myself. This may be because I haven't considered the same things you have or because my intuitions are eccentric. (Assume I mean 'eccentric in a different way to how your moral intuitions are eccentric' or not depending on whether you prefer to be seen as having typical moral intuitions or atypical ones.)