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Adele_L comments on Open thread, August 19-25, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Adele_L 27 August 2013 11:04:17PM 0 points [-]

That doesn't work because the expected value of things that you should do, e.g. donating to an effective charity, is far lower than the expected value of a pascal mugging.

Comment author: Armok_GoB 28 August 2013 07:03:21PM 1 point [-]

I expect an FAI to have at least 10% probability of acquiring infinite computational power. This means donations to MIRI have infinite expected utility.