Still, one could think there is not a huge difference between “heart’s desire” and “coherent extrapolated volition” anyway, so it is not that unreasonable.
We don’t know that he took it from there. Note that his comment saying “Great idea!” was posted after the chapter in which he did it so it’s clearly joking to some extent. For all we know, Eliezer may have had that plan long before pedanterrific said anything.
I think the reason this looks like a parody is that it is not an original idea. Eliezer took it from here (http://lesswrong.com/lw/7jd/harry_potter_and_the_methods_of_rationality/4wqy), presumably because he thought it was funny.
Still, one could think there is not a huge difference between “heart’s desire” and “coherent extrapolated volition” anyway, so it is not that unreasonable.
We don’t know that he took it from there. Note that his comment saying “Great idea!” was posted after the chapter in which he did it so it’s clearly joking to some extent. For all we know, Eliezer may have had that plan long before pedanterrific said anything.