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Ours is the era of inadequate AI alignment theory. Any other facts about this era are relatively unimportant, but sometimes I tweet about them anyway.

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    1. Eliezer Yudkowsky‏Verified account @ESYudkowsky Apr 1

      "I'm sorry" doesn't undo the past, but it conveys important information about current state of mind. It has the failure mode of being intended to say, or being heard as saying, "I assert what I did wasn't too bad and can be fixed with a simple apology, so now forgive me."

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      Eliezer Yudkowsky‏Verified account @ESYudkowsky Apr 1

      Possible untried experimental substitutes: "I'm sorry, please tell me how bad you think it was." "I'm sorry, I'll try not to do any further damage while I continue fixing things." "I'm sorry, I've hurt you in a way I can't undo and that creates a debt which I acknowledge."

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        1. Jach‏ @jachy Apr 1
          Replying to @ESYudkowsky

          "What I did was wrong and I can't take it back. You're right to be upset. And I hope one day I can make it up to you. But all I can say is, I'm sorry."

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        1. David Turner‏ @NovalisDMT Apr 1
          Replying to @ESYudkowsky

          The first one often doesn't work in practice, because you're supposed to figure out exactly how bad it is, based on how the victim reacts. This is an aspect of guess (in ask/guess culture terms) which is I think pretty dominant even in otherwise ask zones.

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        1. outside-ities‏ @outsideities Apr 1
          Replying to @ESYudkowsky

          https://youtu.be/oICZVpmtL4c  from my toddler: “saying I’m sorry is the first step, then how can I help”

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        1. corvus frugilegus‏ @glaebhoerl Apr 2
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          I waited for your call, these rivers of suggestion are driving me away.

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        1. Alpine Ten‏ @wheredasun Apr 2
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          WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN A DAY AGO, MR YUDKOWSKY...

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        1. Gareth Chimp‏ @garychimp Apr 1
          Replying to @ESYudkowsky

          All of them (and more) Totally correct, I discover tonight. 'Sorry', whilst also being a unpleasantly tolerated information provider, is also a question with little cynicism. Why should I be sorry? How much?

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        1. Jason Seba‏ @jason_seba Apr 1
          Replying to @ESYudkowsky

          I think the last one is closest to what I mean (or hope to mean) when I say “I’m sorry” - but given that the short version is so ambiguous and open to interpretation, perhaps being more explicit in the future would be better (and more effective)

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        1. Noah Topper‏ @NoahTopper Apr 1
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          I like that first one

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        1. Anatoly Karp‏ @akarp Apr 1
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          “You are in a hurry?” said the Musketeer, as pale as a sheet. “Under that pretense you run against me! You say, ‘Excuse me,’ and you believe that is sufficient? Not at all, my young man." (c) Alexandre Dumas

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