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.
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.