NancyLebovitz comments on Holden's Objection 1: Friendliness is dangerous - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 20 May 2012 07:32:53AM 1 point [-]

That's something like my objection to CEV-- I currently believe that some fraction of important knowledge is gained by blundering around and (or?) that the universe is very much more complex than any possible theory about it.

This means that you can't fully know what your improved (by what standard?) self is going to be like.

Comment author: [deleted] 22 May 2012 05:14:07AM -1 points [-]

It's the difference between the algorithm and its output, and the local particulars of portions of that output.