Most people, when they hear the rational arguments in favor of defecting every single time on the iterated 100-crime Prisoner’s Dilemma, will feel some kind of emotional resistance.
The rationalist strategy is not to defect from the beginning, but to cooperate till somewhere into the 90s
The rationalist strategy is not to defect from the beginning, but to cooperate till somewhere into the 90s
That certainly isn’t implied by the problem and the agent. It depends entirely on what the opponent is expected to do. I would use that strategy when playing against an average lesswrong user. I wouldn’t use it when playing against some overconfident kid who has done some first year economics classes. I wouldn’t use it when playing against a CDT bot or a TDT agent.
The rationalist strategy is not to defect from the beginning, but to cooperate till somewhere into the 90s
That certainly isn’t implied by the problem and the agent. It depends entirely on what the opponent is expected to do. I would use that strategy when playing against an average lesswrong user. I wouldn’t use it when playing against some overconfident kid who has done some first year economics classes. I wouldn’t use it when playing against a CDT bot or a TDT agent.