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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 21 October 2011 06:49:42PM 2 points [-]

This is a simple argument, that I hadn't seen before as to why satisficers are not a good way to go about things.

I've been looking at Oracles and other non-friendly AGIs that may nevertheless be survivable, so it's good to know that satisficers are not to be counted among them.