Yes, I’m afraid this post is kind of impenetrable, although cousin_it’s contribution helped. What is “RDS”?
Also, continually saying “People should...” do this and that and the other thing might be received better if you (meaning Michael, not Vladimir) start us off by doing a little of the desired analysis yourself.
From context, Reflective Decision Theory, and from googling that, decision theory for self-modifying systems, a central problem for any theory of intelligence, human or artificial. However, Google only turns up calls for such a thing to exist, not any actual theory. Is Michael Vassar calling for us to use these examples as a concrete case study from which to work towards an RDS? Or simply to bring scientific method to bear on these examples?
If cousin_it has accurately located the material that Michael was referring to, I’ll add my recent citing of PCT/MOL as a fourth contender.
No formal theory exists, but we always use an implicit reflective decision theory when, for instance, allocating attention and effort to decision making.
Please, summarize what you are talking about. Not everyone is following all the threads, or intuits the same framing of the problem as you do.
Yes, I’m afraid this post is kind of impenetrable, although cousin_it’s contribution helped. What is “RDS”?
Also, continually saying “People should...” do this and that and the other thing might be received better if you (meaning Michael, not Vladimir) start us off by doing a little of the desired analysis yourself.
From context, Reflective Decision Theory, and from googling that, decision theory for self-modifying systems, a central problem for any theory of intelligence, human or artificial. However, Google only turns up calls for such a thing to exist, not any actual theory. Is Michael Vassar calling for us to use these examples as a concrete case study from which to work towards an RDS? Or simply to bring scientific method to bear on these examples?
If cousin_it has accurately located the material that Michael was referring to, I’ll add my recent citing of PCT/MOL as a fourth contender.
No formal theory exists, but we always use an implicit reflective decision theory when, for instance, allocating attention and effort to decision making.
I’d guess “RDS” is Michael’s typonym (ouch!) for “Reflective decision theory”.