TheOtherDave comments on Reply to Holden on 'Tool AI' - Less Wrong

94 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 June 2012 06:00PM

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 13 June 2012 10:50:46PM 0 points [-]

That's where you get the higher-level work with lots of mathematical proofs and no direct code testing, yeah.

(nods) Yup. If you actually want to develop a provably "safe" AI (or, for that matter, a provably "safe" genome, or a provably "safe" metal alloy, or a provably "safe" dessert topping) you need a theoretical framework in which you can prove "safety" with mathematical precision.