Bot did better in life by throwing away options that he previously had!
Being smart in a commitment race is, unusually, a losing position—you win in a commitment race to the extent that you can make yourself dumb, fast.
Not exactly—Bot did better by making Alice believe that he didn’t have certain options, which happened to be facilitated by throwing away those options. Throwing away options is useless (tactically, that is; it might be useful psychologically) unless it affects others’ actions.
Not exactly—Bot did better by making Alice believe that he didn’t have certain options, which happened to be facilitated by throwing away those options. Throwing away options is useless (tactically, that is; it might be useful psychologically) unless it affects others’ actions.