I only read the HPMOR epilogue because—let’s be honest—HPMOR is what LessWrong is really for.
(HPMOR spoilers ahead)
Honestly, although I liked the scene with Harry and Dumbledore, I would have preferred Headmaster Dobby not be present.
I now feel bad for thinking Ron was dumb for liking Quidditch so much. But with hindsight, you can see his benevolent influence guiding events in literally every single scene. Literally. It was like a lorry missed you and your friends and your entire planet by centimetres—simply because someone threw a Snitch at someone in just the right way to get them to throw a pebble at the lorry in just the right way so that it barely misses you.
I liked the part where he had access to an even more ancient hall of meta-prophecies in the department of mysteries of the department of mysteries.
As far as I can tell, all prophecies are now complete. I wonder if the baby will be named Lucius?
Oh, another thing: I think it was pretty silly that Eliezer had Harry & co infer the existence of the AI alignment problem and then have Harry solve the inner alignment problem.
That plot point needlessly delayed the epilogue while we waited for Eliezer to solve inner alignment for the story’s sake.
It was pretty mean of Eliezer to spoil that problem’s solution. Some of us were having fun thinking about it on our own, thanks.
I only read the HPMOR epilogue because—let’s be honest—HPMOR is what LessWrong is really for.
(HPMOR spoilers ahead)
Honestly, although I liked the scene with Harry and Dumbledore, I would have preferred Headmaster Dobby not be present.
I now feel bad for thinking Ron was dumb for liking Quidditch so much. But with hindsight, you can see his benevolent influence guiding events in literally every single scene. Literally. It was like a lorry missed you and your friends and your entire planet by centimetres—simply because someone threw a Snitch at someone in just the right way to get them to throw a pebble at the lorry in just the right way so that it barely misses you.
I liked the part where he had access to an even more ancient hall of meta-prophecies in the department of mysteries of the department of mysteries.
As far as I can tell, all prophecies are now complete. I wonder if the baby will be named Lucius?
Oh, another thing: I think it was pretty silly that Eliezer had Harry & co infer the existence of the AI alignment problem and then have Harry solve the inner alignment problem.
That plot point needlessly delayed the epilogue while we waited for Eliezer to solve inner alignment for the story’s sake.
It was pretty mean of Eliezer to spoil that problem’s solution. Some of us were having fun thinking about it on our own, thanks.