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Value of Information

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Value of Information (VoI) is a concept from decision analysis: how much answering a question allows a decision-maker to improve its decision.

See also: Bayes theorem, Decision Theory

Priv­ileg­ing the Question

Qiaochu_YuanApr 29, 2013, 6:30 PM
227 points
312 comments2 min readLW link

How to Mea­sure Anything

lukeprogAug 7, 2013, 4:05 AM
120 points
55 comments22 min readLW link

Value of In­for­ma­tion: 8 examples

gwernMay 18, 2012, 11:45 PM
83 points
44 comments7 min readLW link

The VNM in­de­pen­dence ax­iom ig­nores the value of information

kilobugMar 2, 2013, 2:36 PM
15 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

5-sec­ond level case study: Value of information

Kaj_SotalaNov 22, 2011, 1:44 PM
36 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

Value of In­for­ma­tion: Four Examples

VaniverNov 22, 2011, 11:02 PM
137 points
58 comments10 min readLW link

Les­sons on Value of In­for­ma­tion From Civ

johnswentworthOct 7, 2020, 6:18 PM
54 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Map:Ter­ri­tory::Uncer­tainty::Ran­dom­ness – but that doesn’t mat­ter, value of in­for­ma­tion does.

DavidmanheimJan 22, 2016, 7:12 PM
8 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

In­for­ma­tion Assets

ozziegooenAug 24, 2021, 4:32 AM
42 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

Costs and Benefits of Scholarship

lukeprogMar 22, 2011, 2:19 AM
72 points
109 comments4 min readLW link

Break your habits: be more empirical

AcademianOct 2, 2010, 9:04 PM
150 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­men­tal longter­mism: the­ory needs data

Jan_Kulveit and technicalities
Mar 24, 2022, 8:23 AM
52 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Unit Test Everything

DirectedEvolutionSep 29, 2022, 6:12 PM
30 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Gather­ing In­for­ma­tion you won’t use di­rectly is of­ten useful

Johannes C. MayerJul 24, 2022, 9:21 PM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Cy­berE­con­omy. The Limits to Growth

Timur Sadekov and Aleksei Vostriakov
Feb 16, 2025, 9:02 PM
−3 points
0 comments23 min readLW link

We Should Try to Directly Mea­sure the Value of Scien­tific Papers

ohmurphySep 5, 2024, 9:08 AM
1 point
0 comments5 min readLW link
(ohmurphy.substack.com)

A Cri­tique of “Utility”

Zero ContradictionsMar 20, 2025, 11:21 PM
−2 points
10 comments2 min readLW link
(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

Opinion Ar­ti­cle Scor­ing System

ciaran Feb 10, 2025, 2:32 PM
1 point
0 comments5 min readLW link

“In­f­tox­i­c­ity” and other new words to de­scribe mal­i­cious in­for­ma­tion and com­mu­ni­ca­tion thereof

Jáchym FibírDec 23, 2023, 6:15 PM
−1 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

How does an in­fovore man­age in­for­ma­tion over­load?

haigAug 25, 2009, 6:54 PM
3 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

LMSR sub­sidy pa­ram­e­ter is the price of information

Abhimanyu Pallavi SudhirMay 25, 2024, 6:05 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­serv­ing our her­i­tage: Build­ing a move­ment and a knowl­edge ark for cur­rent and fu­ture generations

rnk8Nov 29, 2023, 7:20 PM
0 points
5 comments12 min readLW link

In­cen­tives from a causal perspective

tom4everitt, James Fox, RyanCarey, mattmacdermott, sbenthall and Jonathan Richens
Jul 10, 2023, 5:16 PM
27 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

VOI is Only Non­nega­tive When In­for­ma­tion is Un­cor­re­lated With Fu­ture Action

DiffractorAug 31, 2018, 5:13 AM
28 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
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