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Comment author: whpearson 22 February 2012 10:39:58AM * 0 points [-]

My formulation of minimising difference is something like the folllowing:

Assume A is the answer given by the oracle
Predict what would happen to the world if the AI was replaced by a program that consisted of a billion NOPs and then something that output: A . Call this W1
When assessing different strategies predict what would happen in the world given that strategy call this W2.
Minimise the difference between W1 and W2

Is this a more succinct formulation or is it missing something?