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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
154
Realism about rationality
Richard_Ngo
4y
145
134
Can you control the past?
Joe Carlsmith
1y
93
95
Decision Theory
abramdemski
4y
46
82
On the purposes of decision theory research
Wei_Dai
3y
14
81
Pavlov Generalizes
abramdemski
3y
4
76
Troll Bridge
abramdemski
3y
59
72
My Current Take on Counterfactuals
abramdemski
1y
57
66
A Critique of Functional Decision Theory
wdmacaskill
3y
54
65
EDT solves 5 and 10 with conditional oracles
jessicata
4y
8
64
Notes on "Can you control the past"
So8res
2mo
40
61
Conceptual Problems with UDT and Policy Selection
abramdemski
3y
16
60
Dutch-Booking CDT: Revised Argument
abramdemski
2y
22
60
Comment on decision theory
Rob Bensinger
4y
18
59
ACDT: a hack-y acausal decision theory
Stuart_Armstrong
2y
16
126
An Orthodox Case Against Utility Functions
abramdemski
2y
53
105
Coherence arguments do not entail goal-directed behavior
Rohin Shah
4y
69
105
Utility ≠ Reward
vlad_m
3y
25
102
Coherence arguments imply a force for goal-directed behavior
KatjaGrace
1y
27
82
The "Measuring Stick of Utility" Problem
johnswentworth
6mo
22
82
Probability is Real, and Value is Complex
abramdemski
4y
20
78
Three ways that "Sufficiently optimized agents appear coherent" can be false
Wei_Dai
3y
3
72
When to use quantilization
RyanCarey
3y
5
66
Buridan's ass in coordination games
jessicata
4y
26
59
Take 7: You should talk about "the human's utility function" less.
Charlie Steiner
12d
22
54
Coherent behaviour in the real world is an incoherent concept
Richard_Ngo
3y
17
52
Bayesian Utility: Representing Preference by Probability Measures
Vladimir_Nesov
13y
37
51
Harsanyi's Social Aggregation Theorem and what it means for CEV
AlexMennen
9y
88
32
Quantilizers maximize expected utility subject to a conservative cost constraint
jessicata
7y
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