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

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Comment author: passive_fist 06 September 2013 12:55:03AM 0 points [-]

Is it even necessary to run this experiment anymore? Elezier and multiple other people have tried it and the thesis has been proved.

Further, the thesis was always glaringly obvious to anyone who was even paying attention to what superintelligence meant. However, like all glaringly obvious things, there are inevitably going to be some naysayers. Elezier concieved of the experiment as a way to shut them up. Well, it didn't work, because they're never going to be convinced until an AI is free and rapidly converting the Universe to computronium.

I can understand doing the experiment for fun, but to prove a point? Not necessary.

Comment author: jmmcd 07 September 2013 09:05:20AM 0 points [-]

the thesis was always glaringly obvious to anyone who was even paying attention to what superintelligence meant

I don't see that it was obvious, given that none of the AI players are actually superintelligent.

Comment author: wedrifid 07 September 2013 09:39:20AM 1 point [-]

I don't see that it was obvious, given that none of the AI players are actually superintelligent.

If the finding was that humans pretending to be AIs failed then this would weaken the point. As it happens the reverse is true.

Comment author: jmmcd 08 September 2013 10:25:07PM 0 points [-]

The claim is that it was obvious in advance. The whole reason AI-boxing is interesting is that the AI successes were unexpected, in advance.