You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

Xachariah comments on Stupid Questions Open Thread Round 3 - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: OpenThreadGuy 07 July 2012 05:16PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (208)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: Xachariah 07 July 2012 09:44:26PM *  1 point [-]

Blackmail and Pascal's Mugging is not the same. The goal is to make an AI immune to Pascal's Mugging and most humans are immune to Pascal's Mugging/Wager inherently. There is no decision theory that makes you immune to all forms of blackmail, since it is rational to give in in many cases depending on how the payouts are set up.