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30 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 30 May 2008 06:40AM

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Comment author: Unknown 31 May 2008 04:42:22AM 0 points [-]

An additional note: One could also make the argument that if Eliezer did not cheat, he should publish the transcripts. For this would give us much more confidence that he did not cheat, and therefore much more confidence that it is possible for an AI to persuade a human to let it out of the box.

That someone would say "I wouldn't be persuaded by that" is not relevant, since many already say "even a transhuman AI could not persuade me by any means," therefore also not by any particular means. The point is that such a person cannot be certain that he will be the Gatekeeper in real life, and therefore the fact that some human beings can be persuaded by some means, means that we should not promote AI boxing. So this conclusion would be greatly strengthed if Eliezer released the transcripts (if he didn't cheat, of course; if he did, he should continue to keep that secret.) So if Eliezer didn't cheat, he should release the transcripts, in order for us to have a better chance of avoiding global destruction.

There is also Roland's point, of course.