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TheOtherDave comments on Muehlhauser-Wang Dialogue - Less Wrong Discussion

24 Post author: lukeprog 22 April 2012 10:40PM

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 23 April 2012 05:58:22PM 2 points [-]

(nods) I try to use "superhuman optimizer" to refer to superhuman optimizers, both to sidestep irrelevant questions about consciousness and sentience, and to sidestep irrelevant questions about intelligence. It's not always socially feasible, though. (Or at least, I can't always fease it socially.)