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A comment on AI safety engineering, target selection, and alignment theory.

Re:AI safety engineering, target selection, and alignment th... by Filligree on Friday January 15, 2016 @07:34AM (#10908888)
It is, perhaps, unfortunate that their choice of analogy (cannonball into orbit) is one that is impossible. Even on a perfectly spherical, airless planet...

Okay. You can move the cannon afterwards, and the cannonball will just swish by at hilarious velocity.

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Re:AI safety engineering, target selection, and alignment th... by TeMPOraL on Friday January 15, 2016 @11:09AM (#10910131)
Do not fire from the equator, or if you must, don't aim along the line of latitude. This way, the planet's rotation should move the cannon away before the ball completes a full orbit.
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Re:AI safety engineering, target selection, and alignment th... by FeepingCreature on Friday January 15, 2016 @10:28AM (#10909808)
Get a well-timed gravity assist from a passing asteroid.
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