Juno_Watt comments on The genie knows, but doesn't care - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Juno_Watt 12 September 2013 06:53:17AM 0 points [-]

Some folks on this site have accidentally bought unintentional snake oil in The Big Hoo Hah That Shall not Be Mentioned. Only an intelligent person could have bought that particular puppy,

Comment author: linkhyrule5 12 September 2013 07:28:57AM 0 points [-]

Granted. And it may be that additional knowledge/intelligence makes yourself more vulnerable a Gatekeeper.

Comment author: Peterdjones 12 September 2013 08:24:20AM 0 points [-]

Trying to think this out in terms of levels of smartness alone is very unlikely to be helpful.

Comment author: linkhyrule5 12 September 2013 05:10:12PM 0 points [-]

Well yes. It is a factor, no more no less.

My point is, there is a certain level of general competence after which I would expect convincing someone with an OOC motive to let an IC AI out to be "impossible," as defined below.