Squark comments on The Problem with AIXI - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Cyan 12 March 2014 05:27:14AM *  8 points [-]

I think it's reasonable to expect there to be some way to do better, because humans don't drop anvils on their own heads. That we're naturalized reasoners is one way of explaining why we don't routinely make that kind of mistake.

My kids would have long since have been maimed or killed by exactly that kind of mistake, if not for precautions taken by and active monitoring by their parents.

Comment author: Squark 22 March 2014 08:27:29PM 2 points [-]

The analogy is made somewhat more precise by my new formalism.