Benquo comments on The Power of Reinforcement - Less Wrong

96 Post author: lukeprog 21 June 2012 01:42PM

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Comment author: Benquo 21 June 2012 01:54:18PM 12 points [-]

Too infrequent. They need to start by giving him an M&M every time he thinks about writing more HPMoR.

Comment author: gwern 21 June 2012 04:10:48PM 9 points [-]

But then when he starts actually writing, Eliezer will become diabetic!

Comment author: Benquo 21 June 2012 05:59:41PM * 6 points [-]

Shush, don't give away the plan!

But seriously, one can always increase the reward threshold once the first behavior has been firmly established.

Comment author: wedrifid 21 June 2012 04:31:54PM 5 points [-]

But then when he starts actually writing, Eliezer will become diabetic!

If he gets into flow quickly he could be safe. That would mean he is writing more HPMoR but not thinking about writing HPMoR.