And if you are smart enough, you should decide what to do by trying to predict what Omega would do. Omega’s attempt to predict your actions may end up becoming undecideable if you’re really smart enough that you can predict Omega.
Or to put it another way, the stipulation that Omega can predict your actions limits how smart you can be and what strategies you can use.
Well, I guess that’s true—presumably the reason the less-intuitive “Omega” is used in the official version. Omega is, by definition, smarter than you—regardless of how smart you personally are.
This is true, but generally the question “what should you do” means “what is the optimal thing to do”. It’s odd to have a problem that stipulates that you cannot find the optimal thing to do and asks what is the next most optimum thing you should do instead.
And if you are smart enough, you should decide what to do by trying to predict what Omega would do. Omega’s attempt to predict your actions may end up becoming undecideable if you’re really smart enough that you can predict Omega.
Or to put it another way, the stipulation that Omega can predict your actions limits how smart you can be and what strategies you can use.
Well, I guess that’s true—presumably the reason the less-intuitive “Omega” is used in the official version. Omega is, by definition, smarter than you—regardless of how smart you personally are.
This is true, but generally the question “what should you do” means “what is the optimal thing to do”. It’s odd to have a problem that stipulates that you cannot find the optimal thing to do and asks what is the next most optimum thing you should do instead.