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15 Post author: FiftyTwo 21 November 2014 08:26AM

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Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 26 November 2014 08:52:07AM 1 point [-]

As I understand it, that would violate the rules, and it would be appealing to the utility of the person playing the Gatekeeper, rather than the Gatekeeper. If there were actually an AI trying to get out, telling the Gatekeeper "You're actually just pretending to be a Gatekeeper in an experiment to see whether an AI can get out of a box, and if the result of the test shows that the AI can get out, that will increase research funding" would probably not be effective.

Comment author: thakil 27 November 2014 08:41:40AM 0 points [-]

You're quite possibly right, and without access to the transcripts it's all just speculation.

Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 28 November 2014 05:35:44AM 0 points [-]

I don't think we need the transcripts to discuss whether a hypothetical strategy would be allowed.

Comment author: thakil 28 November 2014 07:59:57AM 0 points [-]

Well, put it this way, if Eliezer had performed a trick which skirted the rules, he could hardly weigh in on this conversation and put us right without revealing that he had done so. Again, not saying he did, and my suggestion upthread was one of many that have been posted.