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Vladimir_Nesov comments on How SIAI could publish in mainstream cognitive science journals - Less Wrong Discussion

64 Post author: lukeprog 09 March 2011 09:17PM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 21 March 2011 05:47:14PM 1 point [-]

Yes, I read it, and it's still not clear. Recent discussion made a connection with terminal/instrumental values, but it's not clear in what context they play a role.

I expect I could research this discussion in more detail and figure out what you meant, but that could be avoided and open the issue to a bigger audience if you make, say, a two-paragraph self-contained summary. I wouldn't mention this issue if you didn't attach some significance to it by giving it as an example in a recent comment.

Comment author: lukeprog 21 March 2011 05:59:15PM 2 points [-]

I'm not sure what to say beyond what I said in the post. Which part is unclear?

In any case, it's kind of a moot point because Eliezer said that it is a useful distinction to make, he just chose not to include it in his CEV paper because his CEV paper doesn't deep enough into the detailed problems of implementing CEV where the distinction I made becomes particularly useful.