thomblake comments on Thoughts on the Singularity Institute (SI) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 11 May 2012 07:34:11PM 8 points [-]

I think it's unfair to take Eliezer's response as anything other than praise for this article. He noted already that he did not have time to respond properly.

And why even point out that a human's response to anything is "suboptimal"? It will be notable when a human does something optimal.

Comment author: faul_sname 11 May 2012 10:22:58PM 9 points [-]

We do, on occasion, come up with optimal algorithms for things. Also, "suboptimal" usually means "I can think of several better solutions off the top of my head", not "This solution is not maximally effective".