djm comments on Un-optimised vs anti-optimised - Less Wrong

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Comment author: djm 17 April 2015 04:55:54AM 0 points [-]

Would minimising the number of CPU cycles work as a lazy incentive.

This assumes that lesser CPU cycles will produce an outcome that is satisified rather than optimised, though in our current state of understanding any optimisation routines take a lot more computing effort than 'rough enough' solutions.

Perhaps getting the AGI's to go Green will kill two birds with one stone.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 17 April 2015 03:12:21PM 0 points [-]

This has problems with the creation of subagents: http://lesswrong.com/lw/lur/detecting_agents_and_subagents/

You can use a few CPU cycles to create subagents without that restriction.

Comment author: drethelin 17 April 2015 06:28:10PM -1 points [-]

It can be difficult to impossible to know how many CPU cycles a problem will take to solve before you solve it.