Peter_de_Blanc12 March 2010 05:46:10PM1 point [-]

It's a nonstandard term that seemed appropriate to the discussion. By specialized FAI, I mean an AI that reliably does the thing it was made to do in a specific context.

Peter_de_Blanc12 March 2010 05:35:56PM2 points [-]

The difference between specialized FAI and general FAI is like the difference between adaptation executors and fitness maximizers. It's a big difference.

Peter_de_Blanc09 March 2010 04:52:18AM1 point [-]

It would be cool if you could tell us about your method for adjusting your values.

Peter_de_Blanc08 March 2010 12:39:21AM5 points [-]

How much information is preserved by plastination? Is it a reasonable alternative to cryonics?

Peter_de_Blanc07 March 2010 10:35:38PM1 point [-]

Yes, assuming 0 and 1 are not probabilities.

Peter_de_Blanc07 March 2010 09:57:31PM1 point [-]

OK, I'll use the same model I use for text. The zeroth-order model is maxentropy, and the kth-order model is a k-gram model with a pseudocount of 2 (the alphabet size) allocated to the (k-1)th-order model.

In this case, since there's never before been a Thursday in which she did not call, we default to the 1st-order model, which says the probability is 3/4 that she will come on Friday.

Peter_de_Blanc07 March 2010 08:07:45PM4 points [-]

Which very-low-effort activities are most worthwhile? By low effort, I mean about as hard as solitaire, facebook, blogs, TV, most fantasy novels, etc.

Peter_de_Blanc05 March 2010 02:44:16PM0 points [-]

This sounds very complicated. What is the new utility function? The negative of the old one? That would obviously be just as dangerous in most cases. How does the sense of identity actually work? Is every piece of code it writes considered a minion? What about the memes it implants in the minds of people it talks to - does it need to erase those? If the AI knows it will undergo this transformation in the future, it would erase its own knowledge of the minions it has created, and do other things to ensure that it will be powerless when its utility function changes.

Peter_de_Blanc05 March 2010 01:16:05AM3 points [-]

The stop button wouldn't stop other AIs created by the original AI.

Peter_de_Blanc04 March 2010 02:26:54PM1 point [-]

I suppose a stop button is a positive safety feature, but it's not remotely sufficient.

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