Baughn comments on I attempted the AI Box Experiment (and lost) - Less Wrong

47 Post author: Tuxedage 21 January 2013 02:59AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (244)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: shminux 22 January 2013 12:51:39AM 4 points [-]

Blind people, then.

Most text terminals can emit sound. You can do a lot with just beeps. The point is that it could probably find a communication channel we don't know we have.

there don't seem to be any universal-to-all-humans hacks out there.

I'm pretty sure there are many. Consider that a complex system not explicitly designed to be secure against a specific threat in its informational or physical space is almost always vulnerable to it, and human brain did not evolve to resist an attack by a superior mind.

if you have built an AI that can do all that

You haven't. It evolved in unpredictable ways after you let it run inside the box.

Comment author: Baughn 22 January 2013 12:14:55PM 10 points [-]

Hang on, this seems silly.

Wasn't the goal to exploit the AI? If you're not going to communicate with it at all, don't make it in the first place.