shminux comments on I played as a Gatekeeper and came pretty close to losing in a couple of occasions. Logs and a brief recap inside. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 08 February 2015 05:47:42PM 4 points [-]

I still don't recall any where the gatekeeper lost.

Comment author: habeuscuppus 11 February 2015 09:36:32PM 0 points [-]

In general it seems that gatekeepers who win are more willing to release the transcripts.

It's also possible that the 'best' AI players are the ones most willing to pre-commit to not releasing transcripts, as not having your decisions (or the discussions that led to them) go public helps eliminate that particular disincentive to releasing the AI from the box.

Comment author: lmm 13 February 2015 08:08:43PM 0 points [-]

Never still seems extraordinary. I find myself entertaining hypotheses like "maybe the AI has never actually won".

Comment author: habeuscuppus 16 February 2015 06:02:06PM 0 points [-]

Eliezer Yudkowsky has been let out as the AI at least twice[1][2] but both tests were precommitted to secrecy.

I'd be surprised if he's the only one who has ever won as the AI, I think it more likely that this is a visibility issue (e.g. despite him being a very-high profile person in the AI safety memetic culture, you weren't aware that Eliezer had won as the AI when you made your comment) and while I'm not aware of others who have won as the AI, I would place my bet on that being merely a lack of knowledge on my part, and not because no one else actually has.

this is further compounded by the fact that some (many?) games are conducted under a pre-commitment to secrecy, and the results that get the most discussion (and therefore, most visibility) are the ones with full transcripts for third-parties to pick through.

Comment author: lmm 16 February 2015 07:53:45PM *  0 points [-]

I was already aware of those public statements. I remain rather less than perfectly confident that Yudkowsky actually won.

Comment author: habeuscuppus 16 February 2015 07:59:29PM 0 points [-]

forgive me if I misunderstand you, but you seem to be implying that, on two separate occasions, two different people were (induced to?) lie about the outcome of an experiment.

So you're implying that either Eliezer is dishonest, or both of his opponents were dishonest on his behalf. And you find this more likely than an actual AI win in the game?