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Carinthium comments on The idiot savant AI isn't an idiot - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Carinthium 19 July 2013 12:26:07AM 0 points [-]

I thought it was clear that: A- For Friendly A.I, I meant modelling a human via a direct simulation of a human brain (or at least the relevant parts) idealised in such a way as to give the results we would want B- I DID NOT INTEND TO REDUCE THE PROBLEM.

Comment author: RolfAndreassen 19 July 2013 12:48:40AM 1 point [-]

A: What is the difference between this, and just asking the human brain in the first place? The whole point of the problem is that humans do not, actually, know what we want in full generality. You might as well implement a chess computer by putting a human inside it and asking, at every ply, "Do you think this looks like a winning position?" If you could solve the problem that way you wouldn't need an AI!

B: Then what was the point of your post?