timtyler comments on Dreams of Friendliness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 04 June 2011 11:24:26PM 1 point [-]

We are quite a bit more likely to get a forecasing oracle than a question-answering oracle initially.

A forecasting oracle takes past sense data, and makes predictions about what it will see next. Framing the question you mention to such a machine is not exactly a trivial exercise.