Stuart_Armstrong comments on What's special about a fantastic outcome? Suggestions wanted. - Less Wrong

0 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 11 November 2014 11:04AM

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Comment author: Armok_GoB 12 December 2014 10:31:53AM 1 point [-]

It has near maximal computational capacity, but that capacity isn't being "used" for anything in particular that is easy to determine.

This is actually a very powerful criteria, in terms of number of false positive and negatives. Sadly, the false positives it DOES have still far outweigh the genuine positives, and includes all the WORST outcomes (aka, virtual hells) as well.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 15 December 2014 01:07:30PM *  1 point [-]

Interesting. Is this kinda like a minimum complexity of outcome requirement?

Comment author: Armok_GoB 16 December 2014 07:57:14PM 0 points [-]

Didn't think of it like that, but sort of I guess.