linkhyrule5 comments on I played the AI Box Experiment again! (and lost both games) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: linkhyrule5 29 September 2013 11:26:21PM 4 points [-]

Basically, willpower isn't magic, and humans can't precommit.

A sufficiently good social character can, with sufficient effort, convince you of something absolutely ridiculous. It's not too different from running into a really, really good used car salesman.