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Dr_Manhattan comments on Elevator pitches/responses for rationality / AI - Less Wrong Discussion

17 Post author: lukeprog 02 February 2012 08:35PM

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Comment author: drethelin 02 February 2012 10:35:35PM 8 points [-]

This. I'm skeptical of almost every numerical probability estimate I hear unless the steps are outlined to me.

Comment author: Postal_Scale 03 February 2012 11:36:39PM 3 points [-]

No joke intended, but how much more skeptical are you, percentage-wise, of numerical probability estimates than vague, natural language probability estimates? Please disguise your intuitive sense of your feelings as a form of math.

Ideally, deliver your answer in a C-3PO voice.

Comment author: drethelin 04 February 2012 01:07:27AM 2 points [-]

40 percent.