gwern comments on Open thread, October 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 02 October 2011 01:15:03PM 5 points [-]

I estimate, that a currently working and growing superintelligence has a probability in a range of 1/million to 1/1000. I am at least 50% confident that it is so.

The probability is already just an expression of your own uncertainty. Giving a confidence interval over the probability does not make sense.

Comment author: gwern 02 October 2011 02:04:48PM 3 points [-]

If you can have a 95% confidence interval, why can't you have a >50% confidence interval as well?

Comment author: wedrifid 03 October 2011 12:40:26AM *  2 points [-]

50% confidence intervals are standard practice. But not the point and not what I questioned.

There is no way in which my comment can be read which would make your reply make sense in the context.