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“The AI-Box Experiment” (2002) contests Y06. Explains the rule that the AI party wins only if the gatekeeper voluntarily lets it out, and names the claim the experiment was meant to test. The page describes two 2002 role-play tests in which Yudkowsky played the AI. Copy claim link
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Date 2002 · publication Wording attested 2021-07-02. The page states ©2002, but the copy retrieved is a 2020 re-hosting (posted 2020-09-04, updated 2021-07-02) with a later licence and footer; the 2002 wording was not compared. Role Contesting Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Engagement Engages a premise. Under the message-level rule, the passage, read with the paragraph, message or dialogue turn it belongs to, gives a reason against the premise that a smarter-than-human mind confined to a channel with its human operators cannot get out through those operators. Scope and limits Premise addressed: A smarter-than-human mind confined to a channel with its human operators cannot get out through those operators. The page carries ©2002 and says the protocol was written after the second (July 2002) test; the cached WordPress page is dated 4 September 2020, updated 2 July 2021. The experiments are self-described as anecdotal evidence. The quoted claim is the one he defended; the first such test was proposed on SL4 on 8 March 2002.
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The AI-Box Experiment ↗ Eliezer Yudkowsky · 2002
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Source excerpt “These requirements are intended to reflect the spirit of the very strong claim under dispute: “I think a transhuman can take over a human mind through a text-only terminal.” Location in source yudkowsky.net 'The AI-Box Experiment', 'Protocol for the AI', third bullet
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Source details and check notes Authors Eliezer Yudkowsky Version yudkowsky.net, retrieved 2026-10-06 (SHA-256 2ef8af4b3c3863673dee800f7f8bc7ffbf306a430eb1a1564e52658cc378f939). Page states "This document is ©2002"; the current page is a 2020 re-hosting (posted September 4, 2020, updated July 2, 2021) and carries a CC BY-ND 3.0 licence and a MIRI footer, so it was revised after 2002. The 2002 wording was not compared. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Attribution Eliezer Yudkowsky, “The AI-Box Experiment”, yudkowsky.net, 2002. Reuse The current page states a Creative Commons BY-ND 3.0 licence. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage T06-c. The quotation (29 words) matched the retrieved expression (SHA-256 2ef8af4b3c3863673dee800f7f8bc7ffbf306a430eb1a1564e52658cc378f939) when checked on 2026-10-06. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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Date. Page states "This document is ©2002"; the current page is a 2020 re-hosting (posted September 4, 2020, updated July 2, 2021) and carries a CC BY-ND 3.0 licence and a MIRI footer, so it was revised after 2002. The 2002 wording was not compared. Precision: year (stated copyright).
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