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Yes, I'm talking about superrationality and decision theories that accommodate it, like evidential decision theory (you should make decisions that serve as evid
by mquander 16y ago
Yes, I'm talking about superrationality and decision theories that accommodate it, like evidential decision theory (you should make decisions that serve as evidence for the outcome you desire; e.g. you should cooperate, because doing so is evidence that a corresponding EDT-using rational partner will also cooperate) and Eliezer's pet timeless decision theory (roughly, your decisions should be treated as if you were making the decision for all sufficiently similar minds in the same situation.)
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoThanks for the pointers, I found some stuff on their wiki with these keywords and it looks like some interesting reading. However, from a quick look through this interpretation makes it an even worse analogy, even if you overlook not flagging it up as an unconventional take on PD for outsiders.
- mquander 16y agoYeah, I agree! All I took away from the analogy was "you had in mind one thing that you wanted to do, accidentally did the other thing, and suffered for it."