Tim_Tyler comments on Aiming at the Target - Less Wrong

8 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 26 October 2008 04:47PM

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Comment author: Tim_Tyler 27 October 2008 11:31:17AM 1 point [-]

No, at least, not by the definition of "optimisation processes" that Eliezer uses.

You are being ridiculous - "optimisation process" is a perfectly standard term.

Stars don't plan to maximize entropy productions.

"Planning" is not part of the definition of what constitutes an optimisation process.