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moridinamael comments on Safe questions to ask an Oracle? - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 27 January 2012 06:33PM

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Comment author: moridinamael 27 January 2012 09:42:18PM 1 point [-]

You could start by asking it questions to which the answers are already known. The Oracle never knows whether the question you're asking is just a test of its honesty or a real request for new insight.