Bounded Rationality

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Bounded Rationality is rationality for bounded agents. Not (primarily) about “modelling irrationality”: may include models of irrational behavior, but the aspiration of bounded rationality is to explain why this is in some sense the best a bounded agent can do, or, a rational approach for a bounded agent to take given its limited resources and knowledge. In other words, bounded rationality is a type of rationality, not a type of irrationality.

What does it mean to apply decision theory?

abramdemskiJul 8, 2020, 8:31 PM

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Beware of small world puzzles

mukashiAug 30, 2021, 6:00 AM

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Harmful Options

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 25, 2008, 2:26 AM

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[Question] Take over my project: do computable agents plan against the universal distribution pessimistically?

Cole WyethFeb 19, 2025, 8:17 PM

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Bounded Rationality: Two Cultures

Ben PaceMay 29, 2018, 3:41 AM

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(www.tandfonline.com)

[Aspiration-based designs] 1. Informal introduction

B Jacobs, Jobst Heitzig, Simon Fischer and Simon Dima

Apr 28, 2024, 1:00 PM

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Bounded rationality abounds in models, not explicitly defined

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 11, 2018, 7:34 PM

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Turning 22 in the Pre-Apocalypse

testingthewatersAug 22, 2024, 8:28 PM

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(utilityhotbar.github.io)

AXRP Episode 38.5 - Adrià Garriga-Alonso on Detecting AI Scheming

DanielFilanJan 20, 2025, 12:40 AM

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Minds: An Introduction

Rob BensingerMar 11, 2015, 7:00 PM

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Knightian uncertainty in a Bayesian framework

So8resJul 24, 2014, 2:31 PM

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How do low level hypotheses constrain high level ones? The mystery of the disappearing diamond.

Christopher KingJul 11, 2023, 7:27 PM

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Open-minded updatelessness

Nicolas Macé, JesseClifton and SMK

Jul 10, 2023, 11:08 AM

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Online AI Safety Discussion Day

Linda LinseforsOct 8, 2020, 12:11 PM

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On accepting an argument if you have limited computational power.

DmytryJan 11, 2012, 5:07 PM

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Mandating Information Disclosure vs. Banning Deceptive Contract Terms

David_J_BalanDec 20, 2009, 8:55 PM

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[Question] How do bounded utility functions work if you are uncertain how close to the bound your utility is?

GhatanathoahOct 6, 2021, 9:31 PM

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Exploring Mild Behaviour in Embedded Agents

Megan KinnimentJun 27, 2022, 6:56 PM

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Charging for the Dharma

jchanNov 11, 2022, 2:02 PM

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[Aspiration-based designs] 2. Formal framework, basic algorithm

Jobst Heitzig, Simon Dima and Simon Fischer

Apr 28, 2024, 1:02 PM

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The Kernel of Meaning in Property Rights

Abhimanyu Pallavi SudhirJun 21, 2024, 1:12 AM

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You Are A Brain

LironMay 9, 2009, 9:53 PM

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We Don’t Have a Utility Function

[deleted]Apr 2, 2013, 3:49 AM

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Fundamentally Flawed, or Fast and Frugal?

Kaj_SotalaDec 20, 2009, 3:10 PM

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Knowledge is Freedom

Scott GarrabrantFeb 9, 2018, 5:24 AM

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How Much Thought

jimrandomhApr 12, 2009, 4:56 AM

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