pjeby comments on Hardened Problems Make Brittle Models - Less Wrong

51 Post author: cousin_it 06 May 2009 06:31PM

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Comment author: pjeby 06 May 2009 07:25:22PM 1 point [-]

any natural out-of-the-box solution like giving the damn thing some paperclips or bargaining with it would ruin the game.

LOL'd and upvoted.

In fairness, though, "giving the damn thing some paperclips" doesn't work in the long run, even for humans above a certain level of fanaticism. Nonetheless, IAWYC.

Comment author: steven0461 07 May 2009 04:13:34PM 4 points [-]

Have you ever looked at a paperclip? I mean, really stopped to look?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 07 May 2009 04:47:34PM 4 points [-]

Heh. And deeply understanding the near-far distinction can be rather exhausting.