lukeprog comments on Stupid Questions Open Thread - Less Wrong

42 Post author: Costanza 29 December 2011 11:23PM

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Comment author: lukeprog 30 December 2011 02:18:29AM 12 points [-]

What's stopping LukeProg from appointing himself king of the universe?

Personal abhorrence at the thought, and lack of AI programming abilities. :)

(But, your question deserves a more serious answer than this.)

Comment author: orthonormal 30 December 2011 06:18:32PM 4 points [-]

This is basically what I was asking before. Now, it seems to me highly unlikely that SIAI is playing that game, but I still want a better answer than "Trust us to not be supervillains".

Comment author: TrueBayesian 30 December 2011 07:35:58PM 16 points [-]

Too late - Eliezer and Will Newsome are already dual kings of the universe. They balance each other's reigns in a Ying/Yang kind of way.

Comment author: Armok_GoB 30 December 2011 03:34:43PM -1 points [-]

Serious or not, it seems correct. There might be some advanced game thoery that says otherwise, but it only aplies to those who know the game theory.