TheOtherDave comments on SotW: Be Specific - Less Wrong

37 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 03 April 2012 06:11AM

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 08 April 2012 08:04:29PM 0 points [-]

The role of "the Genie" here and "the AI" in the Boxed AI game have certain obvious similarities.
It seems reasonable to assume that a willingness to adopt the former correlates with a willingness to adopt the latter.
It seems reasonable to assume that a willingness to adopt the role of "the AI" in the Boxed AI game is necessary (though not sufficient) in order to win that game.
So shminux's claim seems fairly uncontroversial to me.
Do you dispute it, or are you merely making a claim about the impossibility of knowledge?

Comment author: [deleted] 08 April 2012 08:18:48PM 0 points [-]

Do you dispute it, or are you merely making a claim about the impossibility of knowledge?

The latter.