Re: Four Years Later.

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Fri Apr 19 2002 - 13:19:37 MDT

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Mike & Donna Deering wrote:
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> Interrupting the computer, "What was the girl's name?" he asks.
> "Mary."
> "What is your name?" he asks.
> "I don't understand." the computer responds.

"What is your name?" is a question to which an AI will never correctly reply
"I don't understand." "Error: Question incomprehensible" maybe, but not "I
don't understand."

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