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private_messaging comments on I attempted the AI Box Experiment again! (And won - Twice!) - Less Wrong Discussion

36 Post author: Tuxedage 05 September 2013 04:49AM

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Comment author: Alexei 05 September 2013 08:58:44AM 22 points [-]

Okay this is weak sauce. I really don't get how people just keep letting the AI out. It's not that hard to say no! I'm offering to play the Gatekeeper against an AI player that has at least one game as AI under their belt (won or not). (Experience is required because I'm pretty sure I'll win, and I would like to not waste a lot of time on this.) If AI wins, they will get $300, and I'll give an additional $300 to the charity of their choice.

Tux, if you are up for this, I'll accept your $150 fee, plus you'll get $150 if you win and $300 to a charity.

Comment author: private_messaging 05 September 2013 04:54:15PM 15 points [-]

I think not understanding how this happen may be a very good predictor for losing.

If you did have a clear idea of how it works, and had a reason for it not to work on you specifically but work on others, then that may have been a predictor for it not working on you.

I think I have very clear idea of how those things work in general. Leaving aside very specific arguments, this relies on massive over updating you are going to do when an argument is presented to you, updating just the nodes that you are told to update, and by however much you are told to update them, when you can't easily see why not.