The key thing is the question as to whether it could have been you that has been simulated. If all you know is that you’re a TDT agent and what Omega simulated is a TDT agent, then it could have been you. Therefore you have to act as if your decision now may either real or simulated. If you know you are not what Omega simulated (for any reason), then you know that you only have to worry about the ‘real’ decision.
Suppose that Omega doesn’t reveal the full source code of the simulated TDT agent, but just reveals enough logical facts about the simulated TDT agent to imply that it uses TDT. Then the “real” TDT Prime agent cannot deduce that it is different.
Yes. I think that as long as there is any chance of you being the simulated agent, then you need to one box. So you one box if Omega tells you ‘I simulated some agent’, and one box if Omega tells you ‘I simulated an agent that uses the same decision procedure as you’, but two box if Omega tells you ‘I simulated an agent that had a different copywrite comment in its source code to the comment in your source code’.
This is just a variant of the ‘detect if I’m in a simulation’ function that others mention. i.e. if Omega gives you access to that information in any way, you can two box. Of course, I’m a bit stuck on what Omega has told the simulation in that case. Has Omega done an infinite regress?
The key thing is the question as to whether it could have been you that has been simulated. If all you know is that you’re a TDT agent and what Omega simulated is a TDT agent, then it could have been you. Therefore you have to act as if your decision now may either real or simulated. If you know you are not what Omega simulated (for any reason), then you know that you only have to worry about the ‘real’ decision.
Suppose that Omega doesn’t reveal the full source code of the simulated TDT agent, but just reveals enough logical facts about the simulated TDT agent to imply that it uses TDT. Then the “real” TDT Prime agent cannot deduce that it is different.
Yes. I think that as long as there is any chance of you being the simulated agent, then you need to one box. So you one box if Omega tells you ‘I simulated some agent’, and one box if Omega tells you ‘I simulated an agent that uses the same decision procedure as you’, but two box if Omega tells you ‘I simulated an agent that had a different copywrite comment in its source code to the comment in your source code’.
This is just a variant of the ‘detect if I’m in a simulation’ function that others mention. i.e. if Omega gives you access to that information in any way, you can two box. Of course, I’m a bit stuck on what Omega has told the simulation in that case. Has Omega done an infinite regress?
That’s an interesting way to look at the problem. Thanks!