V_V comments on Botworld: a cellular automaton for studying self-modifying agents embedded in their environment - LessWrong

50 Post author: So8res 12 April 2014 12:56AM

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Comment author: V_V 15 April 2014 09:57:39PM 3 points [-]

It can represent the hypothesis that if something happens then the string of input bits it will receive will be some default "no signal" symbol or random static, and most importantly that the string of output bits it will produce will be ignored.

Comment author: So8res 15 April 2014 10:36:07PM *  3 points [-]

See the Death to AIXI section in the post linked above.

Comment author: V_V 16 April 2014 12:34:12AM 3 points [-]

I don't think it addresses the point, and as you can see in the comment section of that post, I've already raised this objection there, as other users did, including Cyan.