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Decision Theory
Bounded Rationality
Law-Thinking
26 posts
Utility Functions
Quantilization
Mild Optimization
Coherence Arguments
Orthogonality Thesis
Coherent Extrapolated Volition
Indexical Information
206
Realism about rationality
Richard_Ngo
4y
145
160
Can you control the past?
Joe Carlsmith
1y
93
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
78
Comment on decision theory
Rob Bensinger
4y
18
57
Conceptual Problems with UDT and Policy Selection
abramdemski
3y
16
53
EDT solves 5 and 10 with conditional oracles
jessicata
4y
8
47
Pavlov Generalizes
abramdemski
3y
4
46
Notes on "Can you control the past"
So8res
2mo
40
44
On the purposes of decision theory research
Wei_Dai
3y
14
43
What does it mean to apply decision theory?
abramdemski
2y
5
40
Dutch-Booking CDT: Revised Argument
abramdemski
2y
22
130
An Orthodox Case Against Utility Functions
abramdemski
2y
53
99
Utility ≠ Reward
vlad_m
3y
25
97
Coherence arguments do not entail goal-directed behavior
Rohin Shah
4y
69
74
Coherence arguments imply a force for goal-directed behavior
KatjaGrace
1y
27
58
When to use quantilization
RyanCarey
3y
5
56
The "Measuring Stick of Utility" Problem
johnswentworth
6mo
22
56
Probability is Real, and Value is Complex
abramdemski
4y
20
48
Three ways that "Sufficiently optimized agents appear coherent" can be false
Wei_Dai
3y
3
44
Coherent behaviour in the real world is an incoherent concept
Richard_Ngo
3y
17
38
Buridan's ass in coordination games
jessicata
4y
26
38
Bayesian Utility: Representing Preference by Probability Measures
Vladimir_Nesov
13y
37
35
Take 7: You should talk about "the human's utility function" less.
Charlie Steiner
12d
22
32
Exploring Mild Behaviour in Embedded Agents
Megan Kinniment
5mo
3
28
Inferring utility functions from locally non-transitive preferences
Jan
10mo
15