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JoshuaZ comments on Q&A with new Executive Director of Singularity Institute - Less Wrong Discussion

26 Post author: lukeprog 07 November 2011 04:58AM

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 07 November 2011 05:48:47AM *  10 points [-]

In a previous essay, you talked about the optimizer's curse being relevant for calculating utility in the context of existential risk. In that thread, I asked if you had actually gone and applied the method in question to the SIAI. Have you done so yet and if so, what did you find?

Comment author: lukeprog 07 November 2011 06:12:40AM 4 points [-]

No, we have not.

Comment author: beoShaffer 07 November 2011 07:51:09PM 4 points [-]

Do you intend to so in the future, if so then when?