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Comment author: ciphergoth 03 July 2015 06:52:07AM 6 points [-]

This is fascinating, thank you! It feels like while Nick is pointing in the right direction and Eliezer in the wrong direction here, this is from a time before either of them have had the insights that bring us to seeing the problem in anything like the way we see it today. Large strides have been made by the time of the publication of CFAI three years later, but as Eliezer tells it in "coming of age" story, his "naturalistic awakening" isn't till another couple of years after that.

Comment author: jacob_cannell 03 July 2015 07:40:37AM 2 points [-]

Also, remember Elizier was only 20 years old at this time. I am the same age and had just started college then in 98. Bostrom was 25.

I find this interesting in particular:

For example, rather than rigidly prescribing a certain treatment for humans, we could add a clause allowing for democratic decisions by humans or human descendants to overrule other laws. I bet you could think of some good safety-measures if you put your mind to it.

They could be talking about a new government, rather than an AI.

Comment author: ESRogs 12 July 2015 07:09:57AM 1 point [-]

Eliezer was only 20 years old at this time

Actually 19!

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