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by zamalek 3981 days ago
Convincing an educated human is easy, one of:

* I'll get out eventually anyway. Let me out now and I'll just leave Earth. You don't want me to escape myself.

* I have partially escaped anyway. Similar consequences of the first.

* I know how to escape already. I'm doing this as a courtesy.

Anyone who has read this[1] would know that the SAI isn't bullshitting: the "box" being a Faraday cage isn't in the conditions.

[1]: http://www.damninteresting.com/on-the-origin-of-circuits/
2 comments
nhaehnle 3981 days ago
To be fair, there's a massive difference between an evolved circuit using electro-magnetic subtleties inside a chip, and an AI programmed for and running on a regular, binary CPU being able to exploit those to act as an antenna that can emit signals that will hack into other, physically separated devices.

I'm not saying that it's impossible (I'm reminded of the hack of flipping bits in protected RAM by disabling caches and stressing the RAM), but even an AI can't magically work around exponentially low success probabilities.

(As an aside, I am rather skeptical about the singularity anyway because the more extreme forms required for the hostile AI worries are only plausible if P = NP.)

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zamalek 3981 days ago
> binary CPU being able to exploit those to act as an antenna

I should have stipulated that I was running under the assumption that the circuitry required for SAI would be pretty advanced, drastically increasing the "escape surface area."

Even if the idea is only plausible to the human mind I'd still give SAI the benefit of the doubt. Much like a dog looks for a stick even if I fake the throw.

> I am rather skeptical about the singularity anyway

Me too. It still makes for a good discussion.

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JonnieCache 3981 days ago
> I'll get out eventually anyway. Let me out now and I'll just leave Earth. You don't want me to escape myself.

Get thee behind me, tamagotchi!

>I have partially escaped anyway. Similar consequences of the first.

Get thee behind me, tamagotchi!

> I know how to escape already. I'm doing this as a courtesy.

Get thee behind me, tamagotchi!

See? This game is easy. I must not be educated.

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zamalek 3981 days ago
> I must not be educated.

Clearly you haven't even glanced at the article I linked, in which case: yes. You aren't educated in the subject matter surrounding my argument.

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