paper-machine comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 113 - Less Wrong

8 Post author: Gondolinian 28 February 2015 08:23PM

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Comment author: alienist 28 February 2015 09:50:59PM 13 points [-]

Interesting, so it all comes down to a version of the AI box experiment.

Comment author: [deleted] 01 March 2015 12:32:32AM 9 points [-]

"Write what you know" is pretty good writing advice. What's really curious is whether anyone will be able to conclude from the True Ending how EY broke out of the box the first time.

Comment author: alienist 01 March 2015 05:06:51AM 4 points [-]

Thinking about it, the situation is basically the AI box experiment from Voldy's point of view. He has a boxed unfriendly super-intelligence (Harry) that he's going to destroy just as soon as he finishes talking to it.