plex comments on Timelessness as a Conservative Extension of Causal Decision Theory

plex 28 May 2014 18:57 UTC
4 points
Excellent and clear article.

Two comments: Using a Time Lord as Omega seems to introduce possible confusion (did Omega actually go to the future to check?), the classic version I think relies on a perfect prediction algorithm.

Botworld may be a good place to test out a CDT+E decision theory agent. Having the source code of an agent exposed to other agents is a way to entangle decisions, given the right setup.
- [deleted] 28 May 2014 19:56 UTC
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  Using a Time Lord as Omega seems to introduce possible confusion (did Omega actually go to the future to check?),
  
  Bad joke?
  
  Botworld may be a good place to test out a CDT+E decision theory agent
  
  Just about what I’m looking for, aside from philh having said:
  
  Implementing either of these algorithms [TDT or CDT] in general is beyond our current abilities.
  
  Dang. I can take a look at contributing?