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Logical Uncertainty and Functional Decision Theory
swordsintoploughshares7y30

Thanks. I made some quick changes but it's probably not structured enough for your taste. Ah well

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Choosing to Choose?
swordsintoploughshares7yΩ7110

Nice point. I think most of the time this doesn't apply, because agents don't just try to maximize "utility" as some abstract quantity, but possess (transparently or opaquely) some function U(⋅) which they concretely try to increase. Utility is a device, specific to each agent, that refers to states of the world, and isn't a kind of universal brownie point that everyone likes.

On the other hand, putting "utility" as your utility is fertile ground for wireheading temptations. I define my utility to be ∞! There, I win.

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