I’ve read through the AI-Box experiment, and I can still say that I recommend the “sealed AI” tactic. The Box experiment isn’t very convincing at all to me, which I could go into detail about, but that would require a whole post. But of course, I’ll never develop the karma to do that because apparently the rate at which I ask questions of proper material exceeds the rate at which I post warm, fuzzy comments. Well, at least I have my own blog...
It looks like you’re picking up karma relatively rapidly of late; it takes a while to learn the ways of speaking around here that don’t detract from the content of one’s comments, but once that happens, most people will accumulate karma reasonably quickly.
But since the AI-Box experiment has been discussed a bit here already, it might make sense to lay out your counterargument here or on the Open Thread for now. I know that’s not as satisfying as making a post, but I think you’ll still get quality discussion.
(Also, a top-level post on an old topic by a relative newcomer runs a risk of getting downvoted for redundancy if the argument recapitulates someone’s old position— and post downvotes can kill your karma for a while. Caveat scriptor!)
I think God themselves just struck me with +20 karma somehow… thank ye almighty lords! Yeah, but indeed I will heed your advice and look into the issue more before posting.
I’ve read through the AI-Box experiment, and I can still say that I recommend the “sealed AI” tactic. The Box experiment isn’t very convincing at all to me, which I could go into detail about, but that would require a whole post. But of course, I’ll never develop the karma to do that because apparently the rate at which I ask questions of proper material exceeds the rate at which I post warm, fuzzy comments. Well, at least I have my own blog...
It looks like you’re picking up karma relatively rapidly of late; it takes a while to learn the ways of speaking around here that don’t detract from the content of one’s comments, but once that happens, most people will accumulate karma reasonably quickly.
But since the AI-Box experiment has been discussed a bit here already, it might make sense to lay out your counterargument here or on the Open Thread for now. I know that’s not as satisfying as making a post, but I think you’ll still get quality discussion.
(Also, a top-level post on an old topic by a relative newcomer runs a risk of getting downvoted for redundancy if the argument recapitulates someone’s old position— and post downvotes can kill your karma for a while. Caveat scriptor!)
P.S. Also on the topic, and quite interesting: That Alien Message.
I think God themselves just struck me with +20 karma somehow… thank ye almighty lords! Yeah, but indeed I will heed your advice and look into the issue more before posting.