private_messaging comments on Reflection in Probabilistic Logic - Less Wrong

63 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 March 2013 04:37PM

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Comment author: private_messaging 26 March 2013 07:12:33AM *  9 points [-]

I'm actually quite surprised. Didn't think I'd be saying that but looks like good job math wise (edit: obvious caveats apply: not my area of expertise, don't know if novel, don't know if there's any related proofs). (As far as x-risks go though, something not well designed for self improvement is a lot less scary).

Comment author: V_V 27 March 2013 12:01:19AM *  7 points [-]

It's not obvious to me that this work is relevant for AI safety research, but it seems mathematically interesting on it's own (though it's not my area of experise either, so I can't evaluate it).

I'm positively impressed. Honestly, I'd never thought that SI/MIRI would deliver anything scientifically noteworhy. I hope this is the beginning of a positive trend.