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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
134
Can you control the past?
Joe Carlsmith
1y
93
72
My Current Take on Counterfactuals
abramdemski
1y
57
154
Realism about rationality
Richard_Ngo
4y
145
60
Dutch-Booking CDT: Revised Argument
abramdemski
2y
22
59
What does it mean to apply decision theory?
abramdemski
2y
5
82
On the purposes of decision theory research
Wei_Dai
3y
14
76
Troll Bridge
abramdemski
3y
59
95
Decision Theory
abramdemski
4y
46
81
Pavlov Generalizes
abramdemski
3y
4
59
ACDT: a hack-y acausal decision theory
Stuart_Armstrong
2y
16
66
A Critique of Functional Decision Theory
wdmacaskill
3y
54
49
Two Alternatives to Logical Counterfactuals
jessicata
2y
61
61
Conceptual Problems with UDT and Policy Selection
abramdemski
3y
16
59
Take 7: You should talk about "the human's utility function" less.
Charlie Steiner
12d
22
82
The "Measuring Stick of Utility" Problem
johnswentworth
6mo
22
28
Quantilizers and Generative Models
Adam Jermyn
5mo
5
102
Coherence arguments imply a force for goal-directed behavior
KatjaGrace
1y
27
126
An Orthodox Case Against Utility Functions
abramdemski
2y
53
28
Inferring utility functions from locally non-transitive preferences
Jan
10mo
15
105
Utility ≠ Reward
vlad_m
3y
25
10
Exploring Mild Behaviour in Embedded Agents
Megan Kinniment
5mo
3
105
Coherence arguments do not entail goal-directed behavior
Rohin Shah
4y
69
78
Three ways that "Sufficiently optimized agents appear coherent" can be false
Wei_Dai
3y
3
72
When to use quantilization
RyanCarey
3y
5
82
Probability is Real, and Value is Complex
abramdemski
4y
20
66
Buridan's ass in coordination games
jessicata
4y
26
54
Coherent behaviour in the real world is an incoherent concept
Richard_Ngo
3y
17