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eli_sennesh comments on Google may be trying to take over the world - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 27 January 2014 04:16:36PM 4 points [-]

I'm quite happy to hear that, but it's not very useful advice. I'm not an AIXI agent, so I can't deduce what's being praised solely from the fact that it is praised.

Comment author: wedrifid 03 February 2014 08:55:35AM -1 points [-]

I'm quite happy to hear that, but it's not very useful advice. I'm not an AIXI agent, so I can't deduce what's being praised solely from the fact that it is praised.

You can, however, glean information about how to write, particularly given that the reasoning was made explicit. That probably has more actual practical value for just about all readers.