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Stuart_Armstrong comments on Heroin model: AI "manipulates" "unmanipulatable" reward - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 22 September 2016 10:27AM

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Comment author: CronoDAS 22 September 2016 08:09:23PM 2 points [-]

Imagine a drug with no effect except that it cures its own (very bad) withdrawal symptoms. There's no benefit to taking it once, but once you've been exposed, it's beneficial to keep taking more because not taking it makes you feel very bad.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 23 September 2016 09:53:06AM 1 point [-]

Or even just a drug you enjoy much more than you expected...