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33 Post author: perpetualpeace1 19 April 2012 05:27PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 19 April 2012 09:43:03PM *  9 points [-]

Rather than talking about Eliezer as if he's not here and trying to make complicated inferences based on his writings, it would be much easier to come up with a list of topics we would like Eliezer to make predictions about, and then just ask him.

Or, alternatively: Eliezer, are there any particularly important predictions you got right/wrong in the past? And what important predictions of yours are still pending?

Comment author: drethelin 19 April 2012 09:47:58PM *  5 points [-]

You don't see anything wrong with errorchecking a person by asking them?

Comment author: [deleted] 19 April 2012 10:04:41PM 7 points [-]

There's a lot wrong with it, but I think it's better than trying to track implicit predictions based on things Eliezer wrote/did.

Regardless, the much better test of accuracy is asking for current predictions, which I also proposed in the parent comment.