One of us is missing what the other is saying. I’m honestly not sure what argument you are putting forth here.
I agree that preference/reward is an interpretation (the terms I used were map and territory). I agree that (p,R) and (-p,-R) are approximately equally complex. I do not agree that complexity is necessarily isomorphic between the map and the territory. This means although the model might be a strong analogy when talking about behaviour, it is sketchy to use it as a model for complexity of behaviour.
One of us is missing what the other is saying. I’m honestly not sure what argument you are putting forth here.
I agree that preference/reward is an interpretation (the terms I used were map and territory). I agree that (p,R) and (-p,-R) are approximately equally complex. I do not agree that complexity is necessarily isomorphic between the map and the territory. This means although the model might be a strong analogy when talking about behaviour, it is sketchy to use it as a model for complexity of behaviour.
I tried to answer in more detail here: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/f5p7AiDkpkqCyBnBL/preferences-as-an-instinctive-stance (hope you didn’t mind; I used your comment as a starting point for a major point I wanted to clarify).
But I admit to being confused now, and not understanding what you mean. Preferences don’t exist in the territory, so I’m not following you, sorry! :-(