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for as long as...

2025-06-06 16:05:27.382184+02 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Sean Patrick Conner: Avoiding Roko's basilisk, part II.

I'm gonna print out "For as long as you have a way for the machine to validate it’s (sic) outputs it can even..." in 128 pt type and post it on my wall. There is, perhaps, a class of problems where that's true. Factoring primes, maybe. But generally: those are the words of someone who should be physically prevented from getting anywhere near a keyboard.

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#Comment Re: for as long as... made: 2025-06-07 03:28:46.60142+02 by: spc476

Now that I think about it … can the machine even write the tests? I think not …

(and by the way, it's "Conner"—I know, unusual spelling)

#Comment Re: for as long as... made: 2025-06-07 03:28:46.60142+02 by: Dan Lyke

Thank you on spelling, and... no, the machine can't write the tests, because...

I mean, the whole thing is stupid, but.

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