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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
180
Realism about rationality
Richard_Ngo
4y
145
147
Can you control the past?
Joe Carlsmith
1y
93
114
Decision Theory
abramdemski
4y
46
81
A Critique of Functional Decision Theory
wdmacaskill
3y
54
77
Troll Bridge
abramdemski
3y
59
69
Comment on decision theory
Rob Bensinger
4y
18
66
Comparison of decision theories (with a focus on logical-counterfactual decision theories)
riceissa
3y
11
64
Pavlov Generalizes
abramdemski
3y
4
63
On the purposes of decision theory research
Wei_Dai
3y
14
59
Conceptual Problems with UDT and Policy Selection
abramdemski
3y
16
59
EDT solves 5 and 10 with conditional oracles
jessicata
4y
8
55
Notes on "Can you control the past"
So8res
2mo
40
53
My Current Take on Counterfactuals
abramdemski
1y
57
51
What does it mean to apply decision theory?
abramdemski
2y
5
128
An Orthodox Case Against Utility Functions
abramdemski
2y
53
102
Utility ≠ Reward
vlad_m
3y
25
101
Coherence arguments do not entail goal-directed behavior
Rohin Shah
4y
69
88
Coherence arguments imply a force for goal-directed behavior
KatjaGrace
1y
27
69
The "Measuring Stick of Utility" Problem
johnswentworth
6mo
22
69
Probability is Real, and Value is Complex
abramdemski
4y
20
65
When to use quantilization
RyanCarey
3y
5
63
Three ways that "Sufficiently optimized agents appear coherent" can be false
Wei_Dai
3y
3
52
Buridan's ass in coordination games
jessicata
4y
26
49
Coherent behaviour in the real world is an incoherent concept
Richard_Ngo
3y
17
47
Take 7: You should talk about "the human's utility function" less.
Charlie Steiner
12d
22
45
Bayesian Utility: Representing Preference by Probability Measures
Vladimir_Nesov
13y
37
37
Harsanyi's Social Aggregation Theorem and what it means for CEV
AlexMennen
9y
88
28
Inferring utility functions from locally non-transitive preferences
Jan
10mo
15