Roko, I would say information gathering is the number 1 goal at this point. Unless you understand the question your answers are empty. Whatever you think you know about the question; you don’t know, I don’t know and I’m pretty sure Eli doesn’t know. Some may know more than others but it still isn’t close to whole.
For the record, I would guess you know more about the AI problem than I do.
In my experience, the best answers become intuitive at a certain level of understanding. The goal in my eyes isn’t to reach the answer, but to reach the understanding that yields the answer.
Rolf, I flirt with women with no plan to sleep with them even if offered. Flirting can be fun in and of itself, not just as a means to sex.
My understanding is closer to Thom’s, “when they say ‘rape’, think ‘tickle fight’.” Their ‘rape’ doesn’t involve violence, and isn’t considered a violation (it’s more likely to be flattering).
In certain older cultures the phrase “If at first you don’t succeed...” would be finished with “kill yourself” whereas now we “try again”.