I choose torture if and only if I’m alone. Otherwise the predictor would be wrong, contrary to the assumptions of the hypothetical. But I’d rather be in the world where dust specks gets chosen.
You don’t know whether you’re alone.
Doesn’t matter—I’ll still end up doing it, regardless of what algorithm I try to implement!
It is true in general that you will end up implementing the algorithm that you actually are. That doesn’t mean you don’t have to make a decision.
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I choose torture if and only if I’m alone. Otherwise the predictor would be wrong, contrary to the assumptions of the hypothetical. But I’d rather be in the world where dust specks gets chosen.
You don’t know whether you’re alone.
Doesn’t matter—I’ll still end up doing it, regardless of what algorithm I try to implement!
It is true in general that you will end up implementing the algorithm that you actually are. That doesn’t mean you don’t have to make a decision.