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Re:The AI-Box Experiment by finnw on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @06:49PM (#3326783)
I could also reason like this:

"I may be the real me or a simulation, but whichever I am, the other me will make the same choice." So I will switch off the AI, and the worst outcome is that I will cease to exist.

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Re:The AI-Box Experiment by dmgottlieb on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @09:44PM (#3327310)
Yes, this is at least superficially like Newcomb's problem. Your argument roughly corresponds to an argument for the "one-box" move in that game. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcomb%27s_problem]
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