forgive me if I misunderstand you, but you seem to be implying that, on two separate occasions, two different people were (induced to?) lie about the outcome of an experiment.
So you’re implying that either Eliezer is dishonest, or both of his opponents were dishonest on his behalf. And you find this more likely than an actual AI win in the game?
EY’s handling of the basilisk issue can be called many things (clumsy, rushed, unwise, badly thought out, counterproductive, poster child for the Streisand effect), but it was not deceitful.
I was already aware of those public statements. I remain rather less than perfectly confident that Yudkowsky actually won.
forgive me if I misunderstand you, but you seem to be implying that, on two separate occasions, two different people were (induced to?) lie about the outcome of an experiment.
So you’re implying that either Eliezer is dishonest, or both of his opponents were dishonest on his behalf. And you find this more likely than an actual AI win in the game?
We already know from the Basilisk that Eliezer is willing to deceive the community.
EY’s handling of the basilisk issue can be called many things (clumsy, rushed, unwise, badly thought out, counterproductive, poster child for the Streisand effect), but it was not deceitful.