ClaimsEliezer Yudkowsky

“By the halting problem, it is impossible to predict whether an arbitrary computational system implements any input-output function, including, say, simple multiplication”

Eliezer Yudkowsky, author 2008 Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk (MIRI)

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By the halting problem (Rice 1953), it is impossible to predict whether an arbitrary computational system implements any given input-output function, including simple multiplication.

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Eliezer Yudkowsky, “By the halting problem (Rice 1953), it is impossible to predict whether an arbitrary computational system implements any given input-output function, including simple multiplication.” (said 2008). Verdict: not researched. Reliability API, claim c_71f3a7fa648d, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_71f3a7fa648d

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