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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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Notes on "Can you control the past"
So8res
2mo
40
160
Can you control the past?
Joe Carlsmith
1y
93
206
Realism about rationality
Richard_Ngo
4y
145
133
Decision Theory
abramdemski
4y
46
96
A Critique of Functional Decision Theory
wdmacaskill
3y
54
90
Comparison of decision theories (with a focus on logical-counterfactual decision theories)
riceissa
3y
11
78
Troll Bridge
abramdemski
3y
59
34
My Current Take on Counterfactuals
abramdemski
1y
57
40
Dutch-Booking CDT: Revised Argument
abramdemski
2y
22
43
What does it mean to apply decision theory?
abramdemski
2y
5
78
Comment on decision theory
Rob Bensinger
4y
18
57
Conceptual Problems with UDT and Policy Selection
abramdemski
3y
16
21
Learning Russian Roulette
Bunthut
1y
38
38
Predictors exist: CDT going bonkers... forever
Stuart_Armstrong
2y
30
35
Take 7: You should talk about "the human's utility function" less.
Charlie Steiner
12d
22
56
The "Measuring Stick of Utility" Problem
johnswentworth
6mo
22
32
Exploring Mild Behaviour in Embedded Agents
Megan Kinniment
5mo
3
20
Quantilizers and Generative Models
Adam Jermyn
5mo
5
130
An Orthodox Case Against Utility Functions
abramdemski
2y
53
74
Coherence arguments imply a force for goal-directed behavior
KatjaGrace
1y
27
28
Inferring utility functions from locally non-transitive preferences
Jan
10mo
15
99
Utility ≠ Reward
vlad_m
3y
25
97
Coherence arguments do not entail goal-directed behavior
Rohin Shah
4y
69
58
When to use quantilization
RyanCarey
3y
5
48
Three ways that "Sufficiently optimized agents appear coherent" can be false
Wei_Dai
3y
3
56
Probability is Real, and Value is Complex
abramdemski
4y
20
44
Coherent behaviour in the real world is an incoherent concept
Richard_Ngo
3y
17
8
Quantilizer ≡ Optimizer with a Bounded Amount of Output
itaibn0
1y
4