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Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 30 May 2013 03:08:08AM 0 points [-]

For it to be an open problem, there would have to not be a proof either way. Since Eliezer is claiming (or, at least, implying) that there is a proof that there is no PRNG indistinguishable, arguing that there is no proof that there is a PRNG indistinguishable doesn't show that it is an open problem.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 31 May 2013 12:00:16PM 0 points [-]

Quite. They seem to be agreeing that any PRNG can in principle distinguished, and then Eliezer goes on to say that a mind is a place that will not be able to make that distinction - which ciphergoth didn't begin to address.