Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Open thread, February 15-28, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 February 2013 12:18:15AM 0 points [-]

It'll do until we have a better standard warning.

Comment author: wedrifid 27 February 2013 04:52:03AM 2 points [-]

It'll do until we have a better standard warning.

A standard warning would be good to have. It feels awkward trying to come up with a warning without knowing precisely what is to be warned about. In particular it isn't clear whether you would have a strong preference (ie. outright insistence) that the warning doesn't include specific detail that Roko's Basilisk is involved. After all, some would reason that just mentioning the concept brings it to mind and itself causes potential harm (ie. You've already made them lose the game).

Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) all such "Information Hazard" warnings are not going to be particularly ambiguous because there just aren't enough other things that are given that label.