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

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Comment author: CAE_Jones 06 September 2013 01:03:34AM 2 points [-]

they're never going to be convinced until an AI is free and rapidly converting the Universe to computronium.

Even then, someone will scream "It's just because the developers were idiots! I could have done better, in spite of having no programming, advanced math or philosophy in my background!"

It also hurts that the transcripts don't get released, so we get legions of people concluding that the conversations go "So, you agree that AI is scary? And if the AI wins, more people will believe FAI is a serious problem? Ok, now pretend to lose to the AI." (Aka the "Eliezer cheated" hypothesis).

Comment author: passive_fist 06 September 2013 01:11:02AM *  1 point [-]

Even then, someone will scream "It's just because the developers were idiots! I could have done better, in spite of having no programming, advanced math or philosophy in my background!"

My favourite one: 'They should have just put it in a sealed box with no contact with the outside world!'

Comment author: Roxolan 06 September 2013 01:29:31AM 0 points [-]

That was a clever hypothesis when there was just the one experiment. The hypothesis doesn't hold after this thread though, unless you postulate a conspiracy willing to lie a lot.

Comment author: chaosmage 09 September 2013 04:59:12PM *  0 points [-]

I don't need to postulate a conspiracy.

If I simply postulate SoundLogic is incompetent as a gatekeeper, the "Eliezer cheated" hypothesis looks pretty good right now.