Here’s the problem: I have read it. And I may even agree that this is a serious issue. I don’t trust myself to be intelligent enough to decide one way or the other, so I’ll defer to Yudkowsky in this case.
But I have already read it. And it is extremely unlikely that I ever would have read it if it wasn’t for the fact that it was banned, there was a huge kerfuffle, and we lost a good community member. The censorship itself probably caused this idea to propagate more than it ever could have if simply left alone. The Streisand Effect again.
The only thing that mentioning it can do is to spread it further. People who don’t care will continue to mention it, but people who do shouldn’t say anything about it at all. Not even to justify it, not even to warn away from it. That only builds the allure of the mysterious. That’s what got me searching for it in the first place.
You don’t hide the Necronomicon by constantly telling everyone to stay away from it, and assuring them you can’t explain why for their own good. You hide it by never mentioning it at all.
Enforcing? Twas just a suggestion. But if you really think it’s a good idea, please down-vote my comment so it’ll fall below the cut-off and casual browsers won’t see it. :) That doesn’t give it the aura of censored Forbidden Fruit, but it will cause Trivial Inconvenience
The motivation for the censorship is not to keep the idea from the AGI. It is to keep the idea from you. For your own good.
Seriously. And don’t ask me to explain.
Here’s the problem: I have read it. And I may even agree that this is a serious issue. I don’t trust myself to be intelligent enough to decide one way or the other, so I’ll defer to Yudkowsky in this case.
But I have already read it. And it is extremely unlikely that I ever would have read it if it wasn’t for the fact that it was banned, there was a huge kerfuffle, and we lost a good community member. The censorship itself probably caused this idea to propagate more than it ever could have if simply left alone. The Streisand Effect again.
The only thing that mentioning it can do is to spread it further. People who don’t care will continue to mention it, but people who do shouldn’t say anything about it at all. Not even to justify it, not even to warn away from it. That only builds the allure of the mysterious. That’s what got me searching for it in the first place.
You don’t hide the Necronomicon by constantly telling everyone to stay away from it, and assuring them you can’t explain why for their own good. You hide it by never mentioning it at all.
Good idea. Lots of luck enforcing that.
Enforcing? Twas just a suggestion. But if you really think it’s a good idea, please down-vote my comment so it’ll fall below the cut-off and casual browsers won’t see it. :) That doesn’t give it the aura of censored Forbidden Fruit, but it will cause Trivial Inconvenience