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Game Theory

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Game theory is the formal study of how rational actors interact to pursue incentives. It investigates situations of conflict and cooperation.

See also: Coalition/​coordination, Coalitional Instincts, Decision theory, Moloch, Utility functions, Decision Theory, Prisoner’s Dilemma

Game theory is an extremely powerful and robust tool in analyzing much more complex situations, such as: mergers and acquisitions, political economy, voting systems, war bargaining and biological evolution. Eight game-theorists have won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

References

Eight Short Stud­ies On Excuses

Scott AlexanderApr 20, 2010, 11:01 PM
841 points
253 comments10 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­tion to Game The­ory: Se­quence Guide

Scott AlexanderJun 28, 2012, 3:32 AM
84 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Player of Games

Jacob FalkovichAug 29, 2018, 9:26 PM
66 points
3 comments12 min readLW link

The Pavlov Strategy

sarahconstantinDec 20, 2018, 4:20 PM
277 points
14 comments4 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Book Re­view—The Ori­gins of Un­fair­ness: So­cial Cat­e­gories and Cul­tural Evolution

Zack_M_DavisJan 21, 2020, 6:28 AM
27 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(unremediatedgender.space)

Moloch games

Chris van MerwijkOct 16, 2020, 3:19 PM
80 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

Book re­port: The­ory of Games and Eco­nomic Be­hav­ior (von Neu­mann & Mor­gen­stern)

NisanMay 11, 2020, 9:47 AM
38 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Thomas C. Schel­ling’s “Strat­egy of Con­flict”

cousin_itJul 28, 2009, 4:08 PM
151 points
154 comments2 min readLW link

Quotes from Mo­ral Mazes

ZviMay 30, 2019, 11:50 AM
114 points
27 comments53 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Med­i­ta­tions On Moloch

Scott AlexanderJul 30, 2014, 4:00 AM
195 points
10 comments47 min readLW link

Threat-Re­sis­tant Bar­gain­ing Me­ga­post: In­tro­duc­ing the ROSE Value

DiffractorSep 28, 2022, 1:20 AM
162 points
19 comments53 min readLW link2 reviews

“Zero Sum” is a mis­nomer.

abramdemskiSep 30, 2020, 6:25 PM
120 points
34 comments6 min readLW link

Nash Equil­ibria and Schel­ling Points

Scott AlexanderJun 29, 2012, 2:06 AM
133 points
82 comments7 min readLW link

Con­trite Strate­gies and The Need For Standards

sarahconstantinDec 24, 2018, 6:30 PM
131 points
5 comments4 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Schel­ling fences on slip­pery slopes

Scott AlexanderMar 16, 2012, 11:44 PM
599 points
250 comments6 min readLW link

Bar­gain­ing and Auctions

Scott AlexanderJul 15, 2012, 5:01 PM
54 points
72 comments8 min readLW link

Back­ward Rea­son­ing Over De­ci­sion Trees

Scott AlexanderJun 30, 2012, 3:17 AM
166 points
58 comments4 min readLW link

Fair Divi­sion of Black-Hole Ne­gen­tropy: an In­tro­duc­tion to Co­op­er­a­tive Game Theory

Wei DaiJul 16, 2009, 4:17 AM
62 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

The Dar­win Game

lsusrOct 9, 2020, 10:19 AM
91 points
131 comments3 min readLW link

The Dark Mir­a­cle of Optics

Suspended ReasonJun 24, 2020, 3:09 AM
27 points
5 comments8 min readLW link

Game The­ory As A Dark Art

Scott AlexanderJul 24, 2012, 3:27 AM
166 points
107 comments13 min readLW link

The Com­mit­ment Races problem

Daniel KokotajloAug 23, 2019, 1:58 AM
152 points
56 comments5 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­tion to Pri­son­ers’ Dilemma

Scott AlexanderJun 30, 2012, 12:54 AM
62 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

Game the­ory, sanc­tions, and Ukraine

Dumbledore's ArmyMar 13, 2022, 5:45 PM
27 points
36 comments3 min readLW link

Pri­son­ers’ Dilemma with Costs to Modeling

Scott GarrabrantJun 5, 2018, 4:51 AM
123 points
20 comments7 min readLW link

Co­op­er­at­ing with agents with differ­ent ideas of fair­ness, while re­sist­ing exploitation

Eliezer YudkowskySep 16, 2013, 8:27 AM
103 points
42 comments4 min readLW link

Re­sponses to ap­par­ent ra­tio­nal­ist con­fu­sions about game /​ de­ci­sion theory

Anthony DiGiovanniAug 30, 2023, 10:02 PM
142 points
20 comments12 min readLW link1 review

[Link] A gen­tle video in­tro­duc­tion to game the­ory

[deleted]Dec 13, 2011, 8:52 AM
45 points
10 comments8 min readLW link

You Play to Win the Game

ZviAug 30, 2018, 2:10 PM
27 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Rock, Paper and Scis­sors: A Game The­ory View

Edward P. KöningsJan 21, 2023, 9:00 PM
18 points
3 comments4 min readLW link
(edwardknings.substack.com)

Most Pri­soner’s Dilem­mas are Stag Hunts; Most Stag Hunts are Schel­ling Problems

abramdemskiSep 14, 2020, 10:13 PM
176 points
36 comments10 min readLW link3 reviews

Anti-so­cial Punishment

Martin SustrikSep 27, 2018, 7:08 AM
311 points
66 comments6 min readLW link3 reviews

Less Threat-Depen­dent Bar­gain­ing Solu­tions?? (3/​2)

DiffractorAug 20, 2022, 2:19 AM
88 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

Mechanism De­sign: Con­struct­ing Al­gorithms for Strate­gic Agents

badgerApr 30, 2014, 6:37 PM
71 points
14 comments9 min readLW link

Unify­ing Bar­gain­ing No­tions (1/​2)

DiffractorJul 25, 2022, 12:28 AM
210 points
41 comments16 min readLW link

In­tel­li­gence al­lo­ca­tion from a Mean Field Game The­ory perspective

Marv KJun 13, 2023, 7:52 PM
13 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

If we solve al­ign­ment, do we die any­way?

Seth HerdAug 23, 2024, 1:13 PM
84 points
129 comments4 min readLW link

Game The­ory with­out Argmax [Part 1]

Cleo NardoNov 11, 2023, 3:59 PM
70 points
18 comments19 min readLW link

Game The­ory with­out Argmax [Part 2]

Cleo NardoNov 11, 2023, 4:02 PM
31 points
14 comments13 min readLW link

In praise of heuristics

BuckyOct 24, 2018, 3:44 PM
39 points
27 comments7 min readLW link

Clas­sify­ing games like the Pri­soner’s Dilemma

philhJul 4, 2020, 5:10 PM
111 points
28 comments6 min readLW link1 review
(reasonableapproximation.net)

Con­fu­sions re: Higher-Level Game Theory

DiffractorJul 2, 2021, 3:15 AM
38 points
5 comments9 min readLW link

Hyper­games 101

JosephineJul 23, 2021, 1:19 PM
12 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Yet More Mo­dal Combat

Donald HobsonAug 24, 2021, 10:32 AM
10 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Coun­ter­fac­tual Contracts

harsimonySep 16, 2021, 3:20 PM
10 points
4 comments9 min readLW link
(harsimony.wordpress.com)

EA Han­gout Pri­son­ers’ Dilemma

Jeffrey LadishSep 27, 2021, 11:15 PM
55 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

In Log­i­cal Time, All Games are Iter­ated Games

abramdemskiSep 20, 2018, 2:01 AM
94 points
10 comments5 min readLW link

In­di­vi­d­u­ally in­cen­tivized safe Pareto im­prove­ments in open-source bargaining

Jul 17, 2024, 6:26 PM
41 points
2 comments17 min readLW link

My take on higher-or­der game theory

NisanNov 30, 2021, 5:56 AM
40 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Mea­sures, Risk, Death, and War

VaniverDec 20, 2011, 11:37 PM
17 points
14 comments8 min readLW link

Two Co­or­di­na­tion Styles

abramdemskiFeb 7, 2018, 9:00 AM
40 points
14 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Non-ul­ti­ma­tum game problem

numpyNaNApr 8, 2024, 11:25 PM
9 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Pro­ject idea: an iter­ated pris­oner’s dilemma com­pe­ti­tion/​game

Adam ZernerFeb 26, 2024, 11:06 PM
8 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

PD-al­ikes in two dimensions

philhApr 23, 2022, 9:52 AM
15 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)

Real World Solu­tions to Pri­son­ers’ Dilemmas

Scott AlexanderJul 3, 2012, 3:25 AM
73 points
88 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] How should I talk about op­ti­mal but not sub­game-op­ti­mal play?

JamesFavilleJun 30, 2022, 1:58 PM
5 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

«Boundaries» Se­quence (In­dex Post)

Andrew_CritchJul 26, 2022, 7:12 PM
25 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

In­ter­lude for Be­hav­ioral Economics

Scott AlexanderJul 6, 2012, 8:12 PM
90 points
53 comments6 min readLW link

«Boundaries», Part 1: a key miss­ing con­cept from util­ity theory

Andrew_CritchJul 26, 2022, 11:03 PM
158 points
33 comments7 min readLW link

Unify­ing Bar­gain­ing No­tions (2/​2)

DiffractorJul 27, 2022, 3:40 AM
118 points
19 comments21 min readLW link

«Boundaries», Part 2: trends in EA’s han­dling of boundaries

Andrew_CritchAug 6, 2022, 12:42 AM
81 points
15 comments7 min readLW link

What Is Sig­nal­ing, Really?

Scott AlexanderJul 12, 2012, 5:43 PM
144 points
173 comments6 min readLW link

AI coöper­a­tion is more pos­si­ble than you think

423175Sep 24, 2022, 9:26 PM
7 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Max­i­mal lot­ter­ies for value learning

ViktoriaMalyasovaOct 16, 2022, 11:44 PM
17 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Nash equil­ibria of sym­met­ric zero-sum games

Ege ErdilOct 27, 2022, 11:50 PM
14 points
0 comments14 min readLW link

Im­perfect Vot­ing Systems

Scott AlexanderJul 20, 2012, 12:07 AM
62 points
92 comments6 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity as Parfi­tian-filtered De­ci­sion The­ory?

SilasBartaAug 30, 2010, 9:37 PM
32 points
273 comments8 min readLW link

Re­spect­ing your Lo­cal Preferences

Scott GarrabrantNov 26, 2022, 7:04 PM
73 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

What counts as defec­tion?

TurnTroutJul 12, 2020, 10:03 PM
81 points
21 comments5 min readLW link1 review

Col­lege Ad­mis­sions as a Bru­tal One-Shot Game

devanshDec 5, 2022, 8:05 PM
8 points
26 comments2 min readLW link

«Boundaries», Part 3b: Align­ment prob­lems in terms of bound­aries

Andrew_CritchDec 14, 2022, 10:34 PM
72 points
7 comments13 min readLW link

Sec­tions 1 & 2: In­tro­duc­tion, Strat­egy and Governance

JesseCliftonDec 17, 2019, 9:27 PM
35 points
8 comments14 min readLW link

Kin­naird’s truels

JohnicholasMar 5, 2009, 4:50 PM
30 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Sec­tions 3 & 4: Cred­i­bil­ity, Peace­ful Bar­gain­ing Mechanisms

JesseCliftonDec 17, 2019, 9:46 PM
20 points
2 comments12 min readLW link

Sec­tions 5 & 6: Con­tem­po­rary Ar­chi­tec­tures, Hu­mans in the Loop

JesseCliftonDec 20, 2019, 3:52 AM
27 points
4 comments10 min readLW link

Fixed points in mor­tal pop­u­la­tion games

ViktoriaMalyasovaMar 14, 2023, 7:10 AM
31 points
0 comments12 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

Sec­tion 7: Foun­da­tions of Ra­tional Agency

JesseCliftonDec 22, 2019, 2:05 AM
14 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Notes on Fairness

David GrossDec 7, 2020, 6:52 PM
20 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

The True Pri­soner’s Dilemma

Eliezer YudkowskySep 3, 2008, 9:34 PM
234 points
117 comments4 min readLW link

Moloch Hasn’t Won

ZviDec 28, 2019, 4:30 PM
186 points
40 comments7 min readLW link1 review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A Prob­lem About Bar­gain­ing and Log­i­cal Uncertainty

Wei DaiMar 21, 2012, 9:03 PM
47 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

The Costly Co­or­di­na­tion Mechanism of Com­mon Knowledge

Ben PaceMar 15, 2018, 8:20 PM
200 points
31 comments20 min readLW link2 reviews

The Schel­ling Choice is “Rab­bit”, not “Stag”

RaemonJun 8, 2019, 12:24 AM
165 points
52 comments12 min readLW link3 reviews

A di­a­gram for a sim­ple two-player game

Paul CrowleyNov 10, 2013, 8:59 AM
56 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Strate­gic ig­no­rance and plau­si­ble deniability

Kaj_SotalaAug 10, 2011, 9:30 AM
62 points
59 comments4 min readLW link

From Per­sonal to Pri­son Gangs: En­forc­ing Proso­cial Behavior

johnswentworthJan 24, 2019, 6:07 PM
153 points
26 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews

A Case for Co­op­er­a­tion: Depen­dence in the Pri­soner’s Dilemma

grantstengerJun 17, 2024, 1:10 AM
9 points
2 comments23 min readLW link

A short calcu­la­tion about a Twit­ter poll

Ege ErdilAug 14, 2023, 7:48 PM
64 points
64 comments11 min readLW link

Red Pill vs Blue Pill, Bayes style

ErickBallAug 16, 2023, 3:23 PM
28 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

Speak­ing Truth to Power Is a Schel­ling Point

Zack_M_DavisDec 30, 2019, 6:12 AM
52 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Funk-tunul’s Le­gacy; Or, The Le­gend of the Ex­tor­tion War

Zack_M_DavisDec 24, 2019, 9:29 AM
13 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

How Often Does Tak­ing Away Op­tions Help?

niplavSep 21, 2024, 9:52 PM
21 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

When Hind­sight Isn’t 20/​20: In­cen­tive De­sign With Im­perfect Credit Allocation

johnswentworthNov 8, 2020, 7:16 PM
79 points
24 comments6 min readLW link

The Dar­win Game—Rounds 1 to 2

lsusrNov 11, 2020, 1:53 AM
48 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

For­mal Open Prob­lem in De­ci­sion Theory

Scott GarrabrantNov 29, 2018, 3:25 AM
37 points
28 comments4 min readLW link

Spe­cial­ized La­bor and Coun­ter­fac­tual Compensation

philhNov 14, 2020, 6:13 PM
18 points
2 comments19 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)

The Ubiquitous Con­verse Law­vere Problem

Scott GarrabrantNov 29, 2018, 3:16 AM
22 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Hyper­real Brouwer

Scott GarrabrantNov 29, 2018, 3:15 AM
31 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

The Mu­tant Game—Rounds 11 to 30

lsusrNov 23, 2020, 9:20 AM
5 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

The Mu­tant Game—Rounds 31 to 90

lsusrNov 27, 2020, 9:05 PM
18 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Karma votes: blind to or ac­count­ing for score?

cataJun 22, 2024, 9:40 PM
19 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Uncer­tainty in all its flavours

Cleo NardoJan 9, 2024, 4:21 PM
27 points
6 comments35 min readLW link

Pareto im­prove­ments are rarer than they seem

philhJan 27, 2018, 10:23 PM
27 points
13 comments3 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)

Co­or­di­na­tion Prob­lems in Evolu­tion: The Rise of Eukaryotes

Martin SustrikOct 15, 2018, 6:18 AM
49 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

“A Note on the Com­pat­i­bil­ity of Differ­ent Ro­bust Pro­gram Equil­ibria of the Pri­soner’s Dilemma”

the gears to ascensionApr 27, 2023, 7:34 AM
18 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Build­ing Blocks of Poli­tics: An Overview of Selec­torate Theory

Yoav RavidOct 12, 2021, 11:27 AM
86 points
26 comments49 min readLW link1 review

What is a VNM sta­ble set, re­ally?

NisanJan 25, 2021, 5:43 AM
14 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] How to avoid Schel­ling points?

cwg1g16May 14, 2020, 7:37 PM
29 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Con­flict vs. mis­take in non-zero-sum games

NisanApr 5, 2020, 10:22 PM
169 points
40 comments2 min readLW link1 review

A free to en­ter, 240 char­ac­ter, open-source iter­ated pris­oner’s dilemma tournament

Isaac KingNov 9, 2023, 8:24 AM
64 points
19 comments1 min readLW link
(manifold.markets)

Even Odds

Scott GarrabrantJan 12, 2014, 7:24 AM
77 points
48 comments3 min readLW link

Mo­dal Bar­gain­ing Agents

orthonormalApr 16, 2015, 10:19 PM
14 points
20 comments5 min readLW link

AI co­op­er­a­tion is already stud­ied in academia as “pro­gram equil­ibrium”

cousin_itJul 30, 2012, 3:22 PM
60 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] A way to beat su­per­ra­tional/​EDT agents?

Abhimanyu Pallavi SudhirAug 17, 2020, 2:33 PM
5 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Eval­u­at­ing strate­gic rea­son­ing in GPT models

phelps-sgMay 25, 2023, 11:51 AM
4 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

Tak­ing the awk­ward­ness out of a Prenup—A Game The­o­retic solution

VijayKrishnanMay 22, 2010, 12:45 AM
42 points
111 comments4 min readLW link

Boomerang—pro­to­col to dis­solve some com­mit­ment races

Filip SondejMay 30, 2023, 4:21 PM
37 points
10 comments8 min readLW link

The Cry­on­ics Strat­egy Space

FroolowApr 24, 2014, 4:11 PM
40 points
47 comments8 min readLW link

De-Cen­ter­ing Bias

Chris_LeongOct 18, 2017, 11:24 PM
14 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Nega­tive “eeny meeny miny moe”

jefftkAug 20, 2019, 2:48 AM
25 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tional Unilat­er­al­ists Aren’t So Cursed

SCPJul 4, 2023, 12:19 PM
47 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

Op­ti­mized for Some­thing other than Win­ning or: How Cricket Re­sists Moloch and Good­hart’s Law

A.H.Jul 5, 2023, 12:33 PM
53 points
26 comments4 min readLW link

The Power of Noise

jsteinhardtJun 16, 2014, 5:26 PM
60 points
80 comments11 min readLW link

How I Learned To Stop Wor­ry­ing And Love The Shoggoth

Peter MerelJul 12, 2023, 5:47 PM
9 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

Split-a-Dol­lar Game

Martin SustrikAug 24, 2020, 4:54 AM
29 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

The hous­ing crisis, ex­plained us­ing game theory

JohnstoneJul 15, 2023, 8:27 PM
4 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] Inac­cessible finely tuned RNG in hu­mans?

SandiOct 7, 2020, 5:04 PM
23 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Play­ing the Meta-game

TechnologosDec 25, 2009, 10:06 AM
31 points
47 comments2 min readLW link

Learn­ing as you play: an­thropic shadow in deadly games

dr_sAug 12, 2023, 7:34 AM
37 points
28 comments35 min readLW link

The Dar­win Game—Rounds 0 to 10

lsusrOct 24, 2020, 2:17 AM
107 points
34 comments4 min readLW link

The Dar­win Game—Round 1

lsusrOct 29, 2020, 9:56 PM
58 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Fair­ness vs. Goodness

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 22, 2009, 8:22 PM
15 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Precom­mit­ting to pay­ing Omega.

topynateMar 20, 2009, 4:33 AM
5 points
33 comments7 min readLW link

Ra­tional Agents Co­op­er­ate in the Pri­soner’s Dilemma

Isaac KingSep 2, 2023, 6:15 AM
17 points
66 comments12 min readLW link

Two rea­sons to ex­pect a peace­ful change of power in the US

Tim LiptrotNov 8, 2020, 5:13 PM
11 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

The Talk: a brief ex­pla­na­tion of sex­ual dimorphism

MalmesburySep 18, 2023, 4:23 PM
509 points
75 comments16 min readLW link3 reviews

Ex­tor­tion beats brinks­man­ship, but the au­di­ence matters

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 16, 2020, 9:13 PM
27 points
15 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a defini­tive in­tro to pun­ish­ing non-pun­ish­ers?

pjebyOct 31, 2019, 8:20 PM
25 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

The Monty Maul Problem

JGWeissmanJun 24, 2009, 5:30 AM
7 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Sleep­ing Beauty gets coun­ter­fac­tu­ally mugged

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 26, 2009, 11:44 AM
6 points
34 comments2 min readLW link

The Dar­win Game—Conclusion

lsusrDec 4, 2020, 8:06 AM
94 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

Freaky Fairness

cousin_itJul 25, 2009, 8:14 AM
14 points
36 comments3 min readLW link

Hermione Granger and New­comb’s Paradox

lsusrDec 14, 2020, 5:27 AM
48 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

Pas­cal’s Mug­ging: The Word Wars

johncroxOct 16, 2023, 5:54 PM
9 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

[LINK] The P + ep­silon At­tack (Precom­mit­ment in cryp­toe­co­nomics)

DanielVargaJan 29, 2015, 2:02 AM
32 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

Pri­soner’s Dilem­mas : Altru­ism :: Bat­tles of the Sexes : Convention

michaelcohenFeb 1, 2021, 10:39 AM
11 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Notes on Schel­ling’s “Strat­egy of Con­flict” (1960)

MichaelAFeb 10, 2021, 2:48 AM
25 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

Don’t en­courage pris­on­ers dilemmas

Yair HalberstadtFeb 16, 2021, 6:33 AM
8 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

The Pro­to­typ­i­cal Ne­go­ti­a­tion Game

johnswentworthFeb 20, 2021, 9:33 PM
99 points
16 comments5 min readLW link1 review

An­a­lyz­ing Mul­ti­player Games us­ing IMPACT

midcoApr 2, 2021, 7:10 PM
10 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

Iden­ti­fi­a­bil­ity Prob­lem for Su­per­ra­tional De­ci­sion Theories

BunthutApr 9, 2021, 8:33 PM
17 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Paper re­view: A Cryp­to­graphic Solu­tion to a Game The­o­retic Problem

victorsintnicolaasApr 24, 2021, 11:54 AM
23 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

The Schel­ling Game (a.k.a. the Co­or­di­na­tion Game)

jchanMay 3, 2021, 2:31 PM
31 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Game-the­o­retic Align­ment in terms of At­tain­able Utility

Jun 8, 2021, 12:36 PM
20 points
2 comments9 min readLW link

Reflec­tion of Hier­ar­chi­cal Re­la­tion­ship via Nuanced Con­di­tion­ing of Game The­ory Ap­proach for AI Devel­op­ment and Utilization

Kyoung-cheol KimJun 4, 2021, 7:20 AM
2 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

Gam­ing Incentives

JozdienJul 29, 2021, 1:51 PM
10 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Open prob­lem: how can we quan­tify player al­ign­ment in 2x2 nor­mal-form games?

TurnTroutJun 16, 2021, 2:09 AM
23 points
59 comments1 min readLW link

Progress on Causal In­fluence Diagrams

tom4everittJun 30, 2021, 3:34 PM
73 points
6 comments9 min readLW link

For­mal­iz­ing Ob­jec­tions against Sur­ro­gate Goals

VojtaKovarikSep 2, 2021, 4:24 PM
16 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

[link] Are All Dic­ta­tor Game Re­sults Ar­ti­facts?

Kaj_SotalaMay 23, 2013, 7:08 AM
24 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

In the Pareto world, liars prosper

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 8, 2011, 2:15 PM
28 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Ran­domWalkNFT: A Game The­ory Exercise

AnnapurnaNov 12, 2021, 7:05 PM
7 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Why a No-Fly-Zone would be the biggest gift to Putin, and why Ze­len­skyy keeps ask­ing for it [Linkpost and com­men­tary]

DojanMar 17, 2022, 3:13 AM
48 points
16 comments3 min readLW link

Nu­clear Deter­rence 101 (and why the US can’t even hint at in­ter­ven­ing in Ukraine)

DarmaniMar 18, 2022, 7:25 AM
36 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

Op­tional stopping

Ege ErdilApr 2, 2022, 1:58 PM
14 points
6 comments7 min readLW link

The real rea­son Futarchists are doomed

lcApr 1, 2022, 6:37 PM
26 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Ensem­bling the greedy doc­tor problem

Ryan KiddApr 18, 2022, 7:16 PM
7 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

New co­op­er­a­tion mechanism—quadratic fund­ing with­out a match­ing pool

Filip SondejJun 5, 2022, 1:55 PM
11 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Quick Sum­maries of Two Papers on Kant and Game Theory

Erich_GrunewaldJun 25, 2022, 10:25 AM
8 points
2 comments4 min readLW link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)

What should su­per­ra­tional play­ers do in asym­met­ric games?

badgerJan 24, 2014, 7:42 AM
46 points
18 comments4 min readLW link

Do bam­boos set them­selves on fire?

MalmesburySep 19, 2022, 3:34 PM
170 points
14 comments6 min readLW link1 review

Ap­ply­ing su­per­in­tel­li­gence with­out col­lu­sion

Eric DrexlerNov 8, 2022, 6:08 PM
109 points
63 comments4 min readLW link

Two New New­comb Variants

eva_Nov 14, 2022, 2:01 PM
26 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

Strat­egy of In­ner Conflict

Jonathan MoregårdNov 15, 2022, 7:38 PM
9 points
4 comments6 min readLW link
(honestliving.substack.com)

[Question] Is there any policy for a fair treat­ment of AIs whose friendli­ness is in doubt?

nahojNov 18, 2022, 7:01 PM
15 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Master plan spec: needs au­dit (logic and co­op­er­a­tive AI)

QuinnNov 30, 2022, 6:10 AM
17 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

Con­di­tions for Su­per­ra­tional­ity-mo­ti­vated Co­op­er­a­tion in a one-shot Pri­soner’s Dilemma

Jim BuhlerDec 19, 2022, 3:00 PM
24 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Prop­er­ties of cur­rent AIs and some pre­dic­tions of the evolu­tion of AI from the per­spec­tive of scale-free the­o­ries of agency and reg­u­la­tive development

Roman LeventovDec 20, 2022, 5:13 PM
33 points
3 comments36 min readLW link

Rock-Paper-Scis­sors Can Be Weird

winwonceDec 28, 2022, 11:12 PM
14 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Quan­tum Suicide, De­ci­sion The­ory, and The Multiverse

SlimepriestessJan 22, 2023, 8:44 AM
7 points
38 comments10 min readLW link
(voidgoddess.org)

The Eco­nomics of Contracts

Edward P. KöningsFeb 7, 2023, 1:52 PM
21 points
3 comments8 min readLW link
(edwardknings.substack.com)

A multi-dis­ci­plinary view on AI safety research

Roman LeventovFeb 8, 2023, 4:50 PM
43 points
4 comments26 min readLW link

Noz­ick’s Dilemma: A Cri­tique of Game Theory

Edward P. KöningsFeb 17, 2023, 4:11 PM
10 points
1 comment13 min readLW link

Solv­ing the Brazilian Chil­dren’s Game of 007

EpiritoApr 6, 2022, 1:03 PM
4 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

A De­ci­sion The­ory Can Be Ra­tional or Com­putable, but Not Both

StrivingForLegibilityDec 21, 2023, 9:02 PM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

An On­tol­ogy for Strate­gic Epistemology

StrivingForLegibilityDec 28, 2023, 10:11 PM
9 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Distributed Strate­gic Epistemology

StrivingForLegibilityDec 28, 2023, 10:12 PM
11 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Build­ing Trust in Strate­gic Settings

StrivingForLegibilityDec 28, 2023, 10:12 PM
24 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

So­cial Choice The­ory and Log­i­cal Handshakes

StrivingForLegibilityDec 29, 2023, 3:49 AM
15 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Us­ing Threats to Achieve So­cially Op­ti­mal Outcomes

StrivingForLegibilityJan 4, 2024, 11:30 PM
8 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Best-Re­spond­ing Is Not Always the Best Response

StrivingForLegibilityJan 4, 2024, 11:30 PM
10 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

A Bench­mark for De­ci­sion Theories

StrivingForLegibilityJan 11, 2024, 6:54 PM
10 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Moloch—An Illus­trated Primer

James Stephen BrownMay 26, 2024, 1:04 AM
5 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(nonzerosum.games)

In Strate­gic Time, Open-Source Games Are Loopy

StrivingForLegibilityJan 18, 2024, 12:08 AM
21 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

Log­i­cal Line-Of-Sight Makes Games Se­quen­tial or Loopy

StrivingForLegibilityJan 19, 2024, 4:05 AM
40 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

In­cor­po­rat­ing Jus­tice The­ory into De­ci­sion Theory

StrivingForLegibilityJan 21, 2024, 7:17 PM
13 points
20 comments5 min readLW link

Leg­i­bil­ity Makes Log­i­cal Line-Of-Sight Transitive

StrivingForLegibilityJan 19, 2024, 11:39 PM
13 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Ev­i­den­tial Cor­re­la­tions are Sub­jec­tive, and it might be a problem

Martín SotoMar 7, 2024, 6:37 PM
26 points
6 comments14 min readLW link

In­terLab – a toolkit for ex­per­i­ments with multi-agent interactions

Jan 22, 2024, 6:23 PM
69 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(acsresearch.org)

Coun­ter­fac­tual Mechanism Networks

StrivingForLegibilityJan 30, 2024, 8:30 PM
4 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

To Boldly Code

StrivingForLegibilityJan 26, 2024, 6:25 PM
25 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Si­mu­la­tions and Altruism

FateGrinderJun 2, 2024, 2:45 AM
−7 points
2 comments25 min readLW link

In­cor­po­rat­ing Mechanism De­sign Into De­ci­sion Theory

StrivingForLegibilityJan 26, 2024, 6:25 PM
17 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Up­date­less­ness doesn’t solve most problems

Martín SotoFeb 8, 2024, 5:30 PM
130 points
44 comments12 min readLW link

Dar­wi­nian Traps and Ex­is­ten­tial Risks

KristianRonnAug 25, 2024, 10:37 PM
80 points
14 comments10 min readLW link

ChatGPT re­fuses to ac­cept a challenge where it would get shot be­tween the eyes [game the­ory]

Bill BenzonFeb 20, 2024, 4:55 PM
4 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

What is Con­fi­dence—in Game The­ory and Life?

James Stephen BrownDec 10, 2024, 11:06 PM
3 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(nonzerosum.games)

[Question] How does the ever-in­creas­ing use of AI in the mil­i­tary for the di­rect pur­pose of mur­der­ing peo­ple af­fect your p(doom)?

JustausernameApr 6, 2024, 6:31 AM
19 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

In­fra-Bayesian haggling

hannagaborMay 20, 2024, 12:23 PM
28 points
0 comments20 min readLW link

Co­op­er­a­tion is op­ti­mal, with weaker agents too  -  tldr

Ryo Apr 18, 2024, 3:03 PM
12 points
22 comments4 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Rep­re­sent­ing Ir­ra­tional­ity in Game Theory

Larry LeeDec 13, 2024, 12:50 AM
−1 points
3 comments11 min readLW link

Can Kauff­man’s NK Boolean net­works make hu­mans swarm?

Yori-92May 8, 2024, 2:09 AM
6 points
2 comments20 min readLW link

The Frag­ility of Life Hy­poth­e­sis and the Evolu­tion of Cooperation

KristianRonnSep 4, 2024, 9:04 PM
50 points
6 comments11 min readLW link

The Align­ment Prob­lem No One Is Talk­ing About

James Stephen BrownMay 10, 2024, 6:34 PM
10 points
10 comments2 min readLW link
(nonzerosum.games)

What Are Non-Zero-Sum Games?—A Primer

James Stephen BrownMay 18, 2024, 9:19 AM
4 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Geo­met­ric Utili­tar­i­anism (And Why It Mat­ters)

StrivingForLegibilityMay 12, 2024, 3:41 AM
34 points
2 comments11 min readLW link

The Geo­met­ric Im­por­tance of Side Payments

StrivingForLegibilityAug 7, 2024, 1:38 AM
8 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

The Carnot Eng­ine of Economics

StrivingForLegibilityAug 9, 2024, 3:59 PM
5 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Prov­ing the Geo­met­ric Utili­tar­ian Theorem

StrivingForLegibilityAug 7, 2024, 1:39 AM
25 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Deriv­ing the Geo­met­ric Utili­tar­ian Weights

StrivingForLegibilityAug 7, 2024, 1:39 AM
2 points
0 comments11 min readLW link

Gra­di­ent As­cen­ders Reach the Harsanyi Hyperplane

StrivingForLegibilityAug 7, 2024, 1:40 AM
4 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

In­di­vi­d­ual Utilities Shift Con­tin­u­ously as Geo­met­ric Weights Shift

StrivingForLegibilityAug 7, 2024, 1:41 AM
2 points
0 comments17 min readLW link

“New­ton’s laws” of finance

pchvykovJun 21, 2024, 9:41 AM
9 points
3 comments10 min readLW link

Joint manda­tory dona­tion as a way to in­crease the num­ber of donations

Crazy philosopherJul 7, 2024, 10:56 AM
3 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Why Ge­or­gism Lost Its Popularity

Zero ContradictionsJul 20, 2024, 3:08 PM
45 points
53 comments1 min readLW link
(zerocontradictions.net)

The Case Against Libertarianism

Zero ContradictionsAug 3, 2024, 5:05 AM
−4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(zerocontradictions.net)

Game The­ory and Society

Zero ContradictionsAug 5, 2024, 4:27 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

Thoughts On Democracy

Zero ContradictionsAug 4, 2024, 6:02 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(zerocontradictions.net)

Happy simulations

FateGrinderOct 1, 2024, 9:05 PM
−5 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

An In­ter­ac­tive Shap­ley Value Explainer

James Stephen BrownSep 28, 2024, 5:01 AM
42 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(nonzerosum.games)

Re­quest for ad­vice: Re­search for Con­ver­sa­tional Game The­ory for LLMs

Rome ViharoOct 16, 2024, 5:53 PM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A small im­prove­ment to Wikipe­dia page on Pareto Efficiency

ektimoNov 18, 2024, 2:13 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­pected Utility, Geo­met­ric Utility, and Other Equiv­a­lent Representations

StrivingForLegibilityNov 20, 2024, 11:28 PM
10 points
0 comments11 min readLW link

Evolu­tion and the Low Road to Nash

Jan 22, 2025, 7:06 AM
38 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

GPT-4 al­ign­ing with aca­sual de­ci­sion the­ory when in­structed to play games, but in­cludes a CDT ex­pla­na­tion that’s in­cor­rect if they differ

Christopher KingMar 23, 2023, 4:16 PM
7 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Align­ment—Path to AI as ally, not slave nor foe

ozbMar 30, 2023, 2:54 PM
10 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Dou­ble-nega­tion as framing

Stuart JohnsonApr 16, 2023, 6:59 AM
25 points
9 comments6 min readLW link

Self-Ac­tu­al­iz­ing AGI—Gam­ify­ing AI Align­ment & Mean­ing-Making

kibagateauxOct 27, 2023, 6:54 AM
1 point
0 comments6 min readLW link
(nootype.substack.com)

The case for “Gen­er­ous Tit for Tat” as the ul­ti­mate game the­ory strategy

positivesumNov 9, 2023, 6:41 PM
2 points
3 comments8 min readLW link
(tryingtruly.substack.com)

How “Pinky Promise” diplo­macy once stopped a war in the Mid­dle East

positivesumNov 22, 2023, 12:03 PM
15 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(tryingtruly.substack.com)

How Microsoft’s ruth­less em­ployee eval­u­a­tion sys­tem an­nihilated team col­lab­o­ra­tion.

positivesumNov 25, 2023, 1:25 PM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(tryingtruly.substack.com)

[Question] Help me solve this prob­lem: The basilisk isn’t real, but peo­ple are

canary_itmNov 26, 2023, 5:44 PM
−19 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

6. The Mutable Values Prob­lem in Value Learn­ing and CEV

RogerDearnaleyDec 4, 2023, 6:31 PM
12 points
0 comments49 min readLW link

Co­op­er­a­tion and Align­ment in Del­e­ga­tion Games: You Need Both!

Aug 3, 2024, 10:16 AM
8 points
0 comments14 min readLW link
(www.oliversourbut.net)

Pri­soner’s Dilemma Tour­na­ment Results

praseSep 6, 2011, 12:46 AM
151 points
171 comments11 min readLW link

Out to Get You

ZviSep 23, 2017, 10:50 AM
127 points
14 comments6 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Less Com­pe­ti­tion, More Mer­i­toc­racy?

ZviJan 20, 2019, 2:00 AM
85 points
19 comments20 min readLW link3 reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Hell is Game The­ory Folk Theorems

jessicataMay 1, 2023, 3:16 AM
81 points
102 comments5 min readLW link1 review
(unstableontology.com)

The Dar­win Results

ZviNov 25, 2017, 1:30 PM
53 points
10 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Sim­plified Poker

ZviJun 4, 2018, 3:50 PM
36 points
17 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

2014 iter­ated pris­oner’s dilemma tour­na­ment results

tetronian2Sep 30, 2014, 9:23 PM
95 points
57 comments6 min readLW link

Pavlov Generalizes

abramdemskiFeb 20, 2019, 9:03 AM
67 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Does the US nu­clear policy still tar­get cities?

Jeffrey LadishOct 2, 2019, 12:18 AM
61 points
7 comments10 min readLW link

Sim­plified Poker Conclusions

ZviJun 9, 2018, 9:50 PM
64 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

On Robin Han­son’s Board Game

ZviSep 8, 2018, 5:10 PM
49 points
15 comments17 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Dar­win Game

ZviNov 15, 2017, 11:20 PM
37 points
17 comments3 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Let’s Read: Su­per­hu­man AI for mul­ti­player poker

Yuxi_LiuJul 14, 2019, 6:22 AM
56 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

The Dar­win Pregame

ZviNov 21, 2017, 1:10 AM
44 points
6 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Buri­dan’s ass in co­or­di­na­tion games

jessicataJul 16, 2018, 2:51 AM
52 points
26 comments10 min readLW link

Your Price for Joining

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 26, 2009, 7:16 AM
87 points
58 comments4 min readLW link

Re­duc­ing col­lec­tive ra­tio­nal­ity to in­di­vi­d­ual op­ti­miza­tion in com­mon-pay­off games us­ing MCMC

jessicataAug 20, 2018, 12:51 AM
59 points
12 comments6 min readLW link

The Soli­taire Prin­ci­ple: Game The­ory for One

alkjashJan 17, 2018, 12:14 AM
25 points
8 comments9 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Towards op­ti­mal play as Villager in a mixed game

BenquoMay 7, 2019, 5:29 AM
51 points
40 comments3 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Di­plo­macy as a Game The­ory Laboratory

Scott AlexanderNov 12, 2010, 10:19 PM
69 points
98 comments12 min readLW link

Sim­plified Poker Strategy

ZviJun 6, 2018, 11:10 AM
40 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Some Ways Co­or­di­na­tion is Hard

ZviJun 13, 2019, 1:00 PM
55 points
11 comments10 min readLW link1 review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

“Backchain­ing” in Strategy

Davis_KingsleyFeb 9, 2018, 12:01 PM
23 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Let’s look for co­her­ence theorems

ValdesMay 7, 2023, 2:45 PM
25 points
18 comments6 min readLW link

In­ves­ti­gat­ing Emer­gent Goal-Like Be­hav­ior in Large Lan­guage Models us­ing Ex­per­i­men­tal Economics

phelps-sgMay 5, 2023, 11:15 AM
6 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Ex­plain­ing “Hell is Game The­ory Folk The­o­rems”

electroswingMay 5, 2023, 11:33 PM
57 points
21 comments5 min readLW link

Mixed strat­egy Nash equilibrium

Meni_RosenfeldOct 16, 2010, 4:00 PM
59 points
47 comments4 min readLW link

Black­mail, Nukes and the Pri­soner’s Dilemma

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 10, 2010, 2:58 PM
25 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Let’s split the cake, length­wise, up­wise and slantwise

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 25, 2010, 1:15 PM
74 points
31 comments4 min readLW link

De­ci­sion Auc­tions aka “How to fairly as­sign chores, or de­cide who gets the last cookie”

daenerysJan 21, 2014, 9:13 PM
60 points
59 comments3 min readLW link

The Epistemic Pri­soner’s Dilemma

MBlumeApr 18, 2009, 5:36 AM
114 points
46 comments2 min readLW link

Blame games

BenquoMay 6, 2019, 2:38 AM
46 points
13 comments8 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Nash equil­ibriums can be ar­bi­trar­ily bad

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 1, 2019, 2:58 PM
35 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

UDT as a Nash Equilibrium

cousin_itFeb 6, 2018, 2:08 PM
18 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Front Row Center

ZviJun 11, 2018, 1:50 PM
30 points
12 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Two ideas for al­ign­ment, per­pet­ual mu­tual dis­trust and induction

APaleBlueDotMay 25, 2023, 12:56 AM
1 point
2 comments4 min readLW link

Moloch and multi-level selection

thoughtfulmadisonAug 11, 2020, 7:08 AM
19 points
3 comments3 min readLW link
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