Well I am talking about the utility defined in the VNM utility theorem, which I assumed is what the term was generally taken to mean on LW, but perhaps I am mistaken. If you mean something else by utility, then I’m unsure why you would “push the aggregate utility maximizing one” as that choice seems a bit arbitrary to me to be a hard and fast rule (except for VNM utility, since VNM utility is by definition the thing whose expected value you maximize).
Would you care to share your intuitions as to why you would push the utility maximizing button, and what you mean by utility in this case (a partial definition / example is fine if you don’t have a precise definition).
Well I am talking about the utility defined in the VNM utility theorem, which I assumed is what the term was generally taken to mean on LW, but perhaps I am mistaken. If you mean something else by utility, then I’m unsure why you would “push the aggregate utility maximizing one” as that choice seems a bit arbitrary to me to be a hard and fast rule (except for VNM utility, since VNM utility is by definition the thing whose expected value you maximize).
Would you care to share your intuitions as to why you would push the utility maximizing button, and what you mean by utility in this case (a partial definition / example is fine if you don’t have a precise definition).