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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 10 March 2015 03:15:06PM 0 points [-]

Would it not question the purpose of the utility function around detecting thermodynamic miracles

Probably, but it's not programmed to care about that.

If I saw a miracle

Remember, it's not seeing a miracle. It's more that its decisions only matter if a miracle happened, so it's assuming that a miracle happened for decision making purposes.