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Utility Functions
Unbounded Utilities
Coherence Arguments
Indexical Information
4 posts
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Impossibility results for unbounded utilities
paulfchristiano
10mo
104
139
Coherent decisions imply consistent utilities
Eliezer Yudkowsky
3y
81
128
An Orthodox Case Against Utility Functions
abramdemski
2y
53
108
Humans are utility monsters
PhilGoetz
9y
217
103
Degrees of Freedom
sarahconstantin
3y
31
102
Utility ≠ Reward
vlad_m
3y
25
101
Coherence arguments do not entail goal-directed behavior
Rohin Shah
4y
69
93
Pinpointing Utility
9y
156
92
The genie knows, but doesn't care
Rob Bensinger
9y
519
80
A summary of Savage's foundations for probability and utility.
Sniffnoy
11y
91
69
Probability is Real, and Value is Complex
abramdemski
4y
20
67
Against utility functions
Qiaochu_Yuan
8y
87
65
Time and Effort Discounting
Scott Alexander
11y
32
64
The Human's Hidden Utility Function (Maybe)
lukeprog
10y
90
69
The "Measuring Stick of Utility" Problem
johnswentworth
6mo
22
63
Three ways that "Sufficiently optimized agents appear coherent" can be false
Wei_Dai
3y
3
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Coherent behaviour in the real world is an incoherent concept
Richard_Ngo
3y
17
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Deriving Conditional Expected Utility from Pareto-Efficient Decisions
Thomas Kwa
7mo
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