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3 Post author: Gondolinian 03 March 2015 06:02PM

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Comment author: gerryblog 04 March 2015 02:57:42PM 2 points [-]

I really can't believe "use magic" was the right answer. In addition to being unsolvable from the perspective of the audience -- we don't know anything about magic! -- it's also totally out of step of the rest of the work. I'd love to see a rewrite fork from the "AI Box" line of solutions.

In the meantime I really hope they're still in the mirror.

Comment author: Unknowns 05 March 2015 04:35:49AM 1 point [-]

Eliezer may in fact be thinking of this as an AI box situation, and trying to point out that giving the AI any extra capabilities in the external world whatsoever me be a horrible mistake.

That said, I agree with you.