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solipsist comments on Could you be Prof Nick Bostrom's sidekick? - Less Wrong Discussion

46 Post author: RobertWiblin 05 December 2014 01:09AM

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Comment author: solipsist 05 December 2014 08:27:39PM 8 points [-]

I disagree. 'Sidekick' attracts people who seek apprenticeships . This is not an opportunity for Nick Bostrom to mentor you, and not an opportunity for you to offer your valuable insight. The job is to silently clear his path of little obstacles and stay out of the way.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 07 December 2014 07:50:02PM *  5 points [-]

That's not the way I perceive the word "sidekick". Watson was not the apprentice of Holmes, nor was Sam Frodo's apprentice. They helped their masters and learned from them, yes, but it was clear that their masters would always outclass them.