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Decision Theory
Bounded Rationality
Law-Thinking
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Utility Functions
Quantilization
Mild Optimization
Coherence Arguments
Orthogonality Thesis
Coherent Extrapolated Volition
Indexical Information
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Can you control the past?
Joe Carlsmith
1y
93
46
Notes on "Can you control the past"
So8res
2mo
40
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Modal Bargaining Agents
orthonormal
7y
0
19
In memoryless Cartesian environments, every UDT policy is a CDT+SIA policy
jessicata
6y
5
18
Thoughts from a Two Boxer
jaek
3y
11
37
ACDT: a hack-y acausal decision theory
Stuart_Armstrong
2y
16
57
Conceptual Problems with UDT and Policy Selection
abramdemski
3y
16
1
Build a Causal Decision Theorist
michaelcohen
3y
14
25
Comment on Coherence arguments do not imply goal directed behavior
Ronny Fernandez
3y
8
15
Is Agent Simulates Predictor a "fair" problem?
Chris_Leong
3y
19
44
On the purposes of decision theory research
Wei_Dai
3y
14
38
Predictors exist: CDT going bonkers... forever
Stuart_Armstrong
2y
30
21
Learning Russian Roulette
Bunthut
1y
38
90
Comparison of decision theories (with a focus on logical-counterfactual decision theories)
riceissa
3y
11
35
Take 7: You should talk about "the human's utility function" less.
Charlie Steiner
12d
22
20
Quantilizers and Generative Models
Adam Jermyn
5mo
5
32
Exploring Mild Behaviour in Embedded Agents
Megan Kinniment
5mo
3
48
Three ways that "Sufficiently optimized agents appear coherent" can be false
Wei_Dai
3y
3
38
Buridan's ass in coordination games
jessicata
4y
26
18
Quantilizers maximize expected utility subject to a conservative cost constraint
jessicata
7y
0
14
Another view of quantilizers: avoiding Goodhart's Law
jessicata
6y
1
2
Thoughts on Quantilizers
Stuart_Armstrong
5y
0
10
Quantilal control for finite MDPs
Vanessa Kosoy
4y
0
56
The "Measuring Stick of Utility" Problem
johnswentworth
6mo
22
130
An Orthodox Case Against Utility Functions
abramdemski
2y
53
74
Coherence arguments imply a force for goal-directed behavior
KatjaGrace
1y
27
23
Conceptual problems with utility functions
Dacyn
4y
12
97
Coherence arguments do not entail goal-directed behavior
Rohin Shah
4y
69