Epiphany comments on Firewalling the Optimal from the Rational - Less Wrong

86 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 October 2012 08:01AM

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Comment author: Epiphany 12 October 2012 12:16:58AM 0 points [-]

Ooh, I like these points, Troshen. You might be right that there's enough "security" built into the pledge. Now you've got me questioning whether it might actually protect us.

If nothing else, it would make tyrannical pledges look bad by comparison, perhaps blocking them.