The Pointers Problem: Clarifications/Variations — LessWrong
I've recently had several conversations about John Wentworth's post The Pointers Problem. I think there is some confusion about this post, because th…
x The Pointers Problem: Clarifications/Variations — LessWrong Pointing at Normativity The Pointers Problem AI Rationality Frontpage 61 The Pointers Problem: Clarifications/Variations by abramdemski 5th Jan 2021 AI Alignment Forum 22 min read 17 61 Ω 30 I've recently had several conversations about John Wentworth's post The Pointers Problem . I think there is some confusion about this post, because there are several related issues, which different people may take as primary. All of these issues are important to "the pointers problem", but John's post articulates a specific problem in a way that
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