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RichardKennaway comments on AI box: AI has one shot at avoiding destruction - what might it say? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 25 January 2013 07:54:08PM 0 points [-]

Isn't this just Pascal's Mugging?

Comment author: dxu 22 January 2015 11:38:33PM *  1 point [-]

Sure, except instead of some homeless-looking guy, this is a superintelligent AI making the offer, and thus much more credible. (Also, the lack of huge, mind-boggling numbers like 3^^^3 means the leverage penalty doesn't apply nearly as heavily.)