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JoachimSchipper comments on I attempted the AI Box Experiment (and lost) - Less Wrong Discussion

47 Post author: Tuxedage 21 January 2013 02:59AM

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Comment author: JoachimSchipper 21 January 2013 02:39:55PM 3 points [-]

My comment was mostly inspired by (known effective) real-world examples. Note that relieving anyone who shows signs of being persuaded is a de-emphasized but vital part of this policy, as is carefully vetting people before trusting them.

Actually implementing a "N people at a time" rule can be done using locks, guards and/or cryptography (note that many such algorithms are provably secure against an adversary with unlimited computing power, "information theoretic security").