solipsist comments on Prisoner's Dilemma (with visible source code) Tournament - Less Wrong

47 Post author: AlexMennen 07 June 2013 08:30AM

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Comment author: AlexMennen 09 June 2013 08:41:12PM 4 points [-]

That's a good point. I've already got a few submissions, but on the other hand, I could notify them of the change, and it would only require a trivial modification. Is there a consensus on whether I should do this anyway?

Comment author: solipsist 10 June 2013 07:04:31PM *  6 points [-]

For the record, though I raised an objection, I'd be perfectly happy if the contest were modified so that player programs were passed their sources code as an argument. The rule change would have consequences that I don't understand, and I like that. Caveat emptor — I suspect the rule change would cause people to write more exploitable programs.