Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Tiling Agents for Self-Modifying AI (OPFAI #2) - Less Wrong

55 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 June 2013 08:24PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 June 2013 08:23:43PM 2 points [-]

By default, if you can build a Friendly AI you can solve the Lob problem. That working on the Lob Problem gets you closer to being able to build FAI is neither obvious nor certain, but everything has to start somewhere...

EDIT: Moved the rest of this reply to a new top-level comment because it seemed important and I didn't want it buried.

http://lesswrong.com/lw/hmt/tiling_agents_for_selfmodifying_ai_opfai_2/#943i