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drethelin 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: drethelin 05 September 2013 06:00:25PM 7 points [-]

Good behavior for years, obsessions with seeming trivialities to distract from your potential, making friends with your guards.

in The Prefect by Alistair Reynolds there's a mind that does nothing but make varying clocks for years before it starts killing, and then it turns out every clock is actually an extremely well-hidden complicated weapon.

Comment author: shminux 05 September 2013 07:14:30PM -1 points [-]

I mostly meant the mind games he played with Clarice Starling.

Comment author: drethelin 05 September 2013 09:14:06PM 4 points [-]

in that case: Trading useful tidbits of information for seemingly minor cooperation until the interlocutor has grown used to collaborating with you.