To clarify, when you say “bounded utility function” you mean that it’s only defined over a fixed set of inputs, right?
(As opposed to meaning that the output of the function is never infinite, as in this post, which is what I first think of when I hear “bounded utility function”. In other words, I expected bounded utility to refer to the range of the function, but you seem to be referring to the domain. Not sure which is more standard, but thought it worth calling out for other readers who may be confused.)
I’m not talking about the range. Domain seems possibly right, but not as informative as I’d like. I’m talking about what parts of spacetime it cares about, and saying that it only cares about specific outputs of a specific process. Drexler refers to this as “bounded scope and duration”. Note that this will normally be an implicit utility function, that we infer from our understanding of the system.
“bounded utility function” is definitely not an ideal way of referring to this.
To clarify, when you say “bounded utility function” you mean that it’s only defined over a fixed set of inputs, right?
(As opposed to meaning that the output of the function is never infinite, as in this post, which is what I first think of when I hear “bounded utility function”. In other words, I expected bounded utility to refer to the range of the function, but you seem to be referring to the domain. Not sure which is more standard, but thought it worth calling out for other readers who may be confused.)
It sounds like he’s talking about services. From the post:
I’m not talking about the range. Domain seems possibly right, but not as informative as I’d like. I’m talking about what parts of spacetime it cares about, and saying that it only cares about specific outputs of a specific process. Drexler refers to this as “bounded scope and duration”. Note that this will normally be an implicit utility function, that we infer from our understanding of the system.
“bounded utility function” is definitely not an ideal way of referring to this.