eli_sennesh comments on MIRI's Approach - Less Wrong

34 Post author: So8res 30 July 2015 08:03PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 03 August 2015 03:41:20AM 3 points [-]

Logic is purified thought

With respect, no, it's just thought with all the interesting bits cut away to leave something so stripped-down it's completely deterministic.

computers are logic engines

Sorta-kinda. They're also arithmetic engines, floating-point engines, recording engines. They can be made into probability engines, which is the beginnings of how you implement intelligence on a computer.