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Strilanc comments on Open thread, 11-17 March 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Strilanc 15 March 2014 11:06:22PM 0 points [-]

I associate Knightian Uncertainty with Eliezer's description of Expected Creative Surprises.

That is to say, I am uncertain what a rival company will do, but I know they will try to achieve a goal. When achieving that goal involves surprising me, I should expect them to surprise me even though I'm using the best model I can to model them.