shminux comments on The Power of Reinforcement - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: shminux 21 June 2012 03:21:11PM *  10 points [-]

But if you aren't treating humans more like animals than most people are, then you're modeling humans poorly.

Thanks for pointing out this particular low-hanging fruit.

Eliezer replied: "Well, three weeks ago I was working with Anna and Alicorn, and every time I said something nice they fed me an M&M."

I wonder if they had just (re-)watched this Big Bang Theory episode.

you don't get a sea lion to balance a ball on the end of its nose by nagging

Hmm, I better keep this in mind at all times when dealing with my family.