V_V comments on The Power of Noise - LessWrong

28 Post author: jsteinhardt 16 June 2014 05:26PM

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Comment author: johnswentworth 20 June 2014 05:49:05AM 1 point [-]

The randomized control trial is a great example where a superintelligence actually could do better by using a non-random strategy. Ideally, an AI could take its whole prior into account and do a value of information calculation. Even if it had no useful prior, that would just mean that any method of choosing is equally "random" under the the AI's knowledge.

Comment author: V_V 20 June 2014 08:35:22AM 3 points [-]

AI != perfectly rational agent

Comment author: johnswentworth 21 June 2014 02:45:09AM 1 point [-]

Ideally = perfectly rational agent

Comment author: V_V 21 June 2014 02:21:18PM 2 points [-]

so why did you mention an 'AI'?