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| | | | | This post isn't really about him, but I'd like to begin with a tribute to my friend Said Achmiz, the wisest person I know. The choice of adjective is deliberately chosen as term of art. Achmiz is not the most quick-witted, nor the most knowledgable, nor the most creative, nor the most savvy. I say wise because the nature of his peculiar talent is the same one ascribed to Socrates: he knows what he doesn't know. Most people don't. At least, I don't. All too often, when asked, "Do you get what I'm saying?", I reply, "I think so," with perfect sincerity, only realizing later that I was lying-that I could not have paraphrased my interlocutor's ideas, let alone explained where I agreed or disagreed with them. In retrospect (and only in retrospect), it's clear tha... | |
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| | | | | (Part 3b of the CAST sequence) EDIT: WARNING: This formalism is critically flawed! It should mainly be taken as a way to get a handle on where my mind was at when I was writing, as an additional handle on corrigibility. See my follow-up essay "Serious Flaws in CAST" for more explanation. In the first half of this document, Towards Formal Corrigibility, I sketched a solution to the stop button problem. As I framed it, the solution depends heavily on being able to detect manipulation, which I discussed on an intuitive level. But intuitions can only get us so far. Let's dive into some actual math and see if we can get a better handle on things. | |
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handsandcities.com
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| | | | | What is altruism towards a paperclipper? Can you paint with all the colors of the wind at once? | |
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