NancyLebovitz comments on How can we ensure that a Friendly AI team will be sane enough? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 17 May 2012 01:33:23AM 3 points [-]

Would anyone care to compare the risks from lack of rationality to the risks from making as good an effort as possible, but just plain being wrong?

Comment author: erratio 17 May 2012 02:19:33AM 0 points [-]

Are they relevantly different? Actually, now that I think about it it seems that 'lack of rationality' should be a subset of 'trying hard and failing'

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 17 May 2012 03:56:17AM 3 points [-]

I think there's a difference between falling prey to one of the usual biases and just not having enough information.

Comment author: roll 21 May 2012 12:40:17PM 0 points [-]

Of course, but one can lack information and conclude "okay, I don't have enough information", or one may not arrive at such conclusion due to the overconfidence (for example).