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Utility Functions
Coherence Arguments
Unbounded Utilities
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VNM Theorem
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Take 7: You should talk about "the human's utility function" less.
Charlie Steiner
12d
22
137
Impossibility results for unbounded utilities
paulfchristiano
10mo
104
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The "Measuring Stick of Utility" Problem
johnswentworth
6mo
22
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Will Values and Competition Decouple?
interstice
2mo
11
137
An Orthodox Case Against Utility Functions
abramdemski
2y
53
161
Coherent decisions imply consistent utilities
Eliezer Yudkowsky
3y
81
21
Deriving Conditional Expected Utility from Pareto-Efficient Decisions
Thomas Kwa
7mo
1
29
Inferring utility functions from locally non-transitive preferences
Jan
10mo
15
105
Utility ≠ Reward
vlad_m
3y
25
40
I’m no longer sure that I buy dutch book arguments and this makes me skeptical of the "utility function" abstraction
Eli Tyre
1y
29
20
Better impossibility result for unbounded utilities
paulfchristiano
10mo
24
93
Degrees of Freedom
sarahconstantin
3y
31
102
Coherence arguments do not entail goal-directed behavior
Rohin Shah
4y
69
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Adaptation Executors and the Telos Margin
Plinthist
6mo
8
46
Don't Get Distracted by the Boilerplate
johnswentworth
4y
13
20
Verifying vNM-rationality requires an ontology
jeyoor
3y
5
44
Why you must maximize expected utility
Benya
10y
77
12
Computational efficiency reasons not to model VNM-rational preference relations with utility functions
AlexMennen
4y
5
11
Generalizing Foundations of Decision Theory
abramdemski
5y
0
27
Money pumping: the axiomatic approach
Stuart_Armstrong
13y
93
25
VNM expected utility theory: uses, abuses, and interpretation
Academian
12y
51
15
VNM agents and lotteries involving an infinite number of possible outcomes
AlexMennen
9y
8
17
Consequences of arbitrage: expected cash
Stuart_Armstrong
13y
28
10
An Attempt at Preference Uncertainty Using VNM
9y
33
4
Continuity axiom of vNM
Stuart_Armstrong
8y
13