ChristianKl comments on Stupid Questions June 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: chaosmage 03 June 2015 01:34:15PM 0 points [-]

In an AI building project, wouldn't it make sense to build something that, instead of "maximizing expected utility", tries to "minimize expected disutility"?

The two will be mathematically equivalent when you're done, of course. But until then, wouldn't your buggy incomplete alpha builds tend to be safer?

Comment author: ChristianKl 04 June 2015 12:05:37PM 0 points [-]

What do you mean with the word "disutility"?

Comment author: gjm 04 June 2015 01:02:30PM 0 points [-]

You might want to read the discussion chaosmage and I have been having on exactly that point. (I haven't yet got an answer that's clear to me.)

Comment author: chaosmage 08 June 2015 12:37:00PM 0 points [-]

I've now tried to answer it.