Stuart_Armstrong comments on A Little Puzzle about Termination - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 04 February 2013 12:44:53PM 2 points [-]

See my point on satisficers wanting to be maximisers: http://lesswrong.com/lw/854/satisficers_want_to_become_maximisers/

"Achieve 'G' with 'p' probability" does not seem to be a stable goal for an AI capable of changing itself.

Comment author: [deleted] 04 February 2013 02:42:42PM 0 points [-]

Oh absolutely, it's far too simplistic for that. In fact it's nowhere near adequate for a sufficiently advanced agent capable of changing itself, but was merely chosen for the purpose of illustration; it seems I somewhat miscommunicated the intent of this puzzle.