Betawolf comments on I played the AI Box Experiment again! (and lost both games) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Betawolf 27 September 2013 09:52:40PM 2 points [-]

What I was getting at is that the current setup allows for side-channel methods of getting information on your opponent. (Digging to find their identity, reading their Facebook page, etc.).

While I accept that this interaction could be one of many between the AI and the researcher, this can be simulated in the anonymous case via a 'I was previously GatekeeperXXX, I'm looking to resume a game with AIYYY' declaration in the public channel while still preserving the player's anonymity.

Comment author: shminux 27 September 2013 10:54:48PM -1 points [-]

By the way, wouldn't Omegle with the common interests specified as AIBOX basically do the trick?

Comment author: Betawolf 28 September 2013 01:09:35AM 2 points [-]

For the basic interaction setup, yes. For a sense of community and for reliable collection of the logs, perhaps not. I'm also not sure how anonymous Omegle makes users to each other and itself.