Working from memory, I believe that when asked about AI in the story, Eliezer said “they say a crackpot is someone who won’t change his mind and won’t change the subject—I endeavor to at least change the subject.” Obviously this is non-binding, but it still seems odd to me that he would go ahead and do the whole thing that he did with the mirror.
Working from memory, I believe that when asked about AI in the story, Eliezer said “they say a crackpot is someone who won’t change his mind and won’t change the subject—I endeavor to at least change the subject.” Obviously this is non-binding, but it still seems odd to me that he would go ahead and do the whole thing that he did with the mirror.