That might be a mistake people make (if not in that particular way*) but, I don’t think we have any reason to believe AIXI would do such a thing.
AIXI doesn’t do things ‘just to find out what would happen’. It’s an attempt at a utility maximizer. (Without a reason to believe there’s a benefit in doing so, why would it do so? Wireheading might make sense—but anvils? Really? Why?)
This is a tangent but:
That might be a mistake people make (if not in that particular way*) but, I don’t think we have any reason to believe AIXI would do such a thing.
AIXI doesn’t do things ‘just to find out what would happen’. It’s an attempt at a utility maximizer. (Without a reason to believe there’s a benefit in doing so, why would it do so? Wireheading might make sense—but anvils? Really? Why?)
*See below.
**Fail to prevent it from falling on it—maybe.