sbenthall comments on What is optimization power, formally? - Less Wrong

10 Post author: sbenthall 18 October 2014 06:37PM

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Comment author: sbenthall 21 October 2014 12:08:24AM 1 point [-]

Thanks. That criticism makes sense to me. You put the point very concretely.

What do you think of the use of optimization power in arguments about takeoff speed and x-risk?

Or do you have a different research agenda altogether?

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 21 October 2014 02:21:49PM 0 points [-]

As an informal concept, it's a good one (and better than "intelligence"). Just as long as its not taken too literally.