Punoxysm comments on Open thread, 3-8 June 2014 - Less Wrong

3 Post author: David_Gerard 03 June 2014 08:57AM

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Comment author: Punoxysm 08 June 2014 09:45:03PM 0 points [-]

In general, predicting what code does can be as hard as executing the code. But I know that's been considered and I guess that gets into other areas.

Comment author: drethelin 09 June 2014 04:55:39PM 0 points [-]

Even if that's the case, when dealing with AI we more easily have the option of simulation. You can run a program over and over again, and see how it reacts to different inputs.