Curated. This is a clear, engaging, and scholarly account of basic decision theories. I really like that this is written as the author’s feelings about each theory rather than just an impartial textbook description. The main point, “it’s weird we that we can have ‘acasual control’”, is well-worth engaging with if you hadn’t already thought about it. I might quibble that the treatment of functional/updateless/MIRI-esque decision theories could be treated in more depth, but overall I heartily recommend this to anyone not already well-versed in the decision-theory literature.
Curated. This is a clear, engaging, and scholarly account of basic decision theories. I really like that this is written as the author’s feelings about each theory rather than just an impartial textbook description. The main point, “it’s weird we that we can have ‘acasual control’”, is well-worth engaging with if you hadn’t already thought about it. I might quibble that the treatment of functional/updateless/MIRI-esque decision theories could be treated in more depth, but overall I heartily recommend this to anyone not already well-versed in the decision-theory literature.