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Introduction
Decision theory is about how to behave rationally under conditions of uncertainty, especially if this uncertainty involves being acausally blackmailed and/or gaslit by alien superintelligent basilisks.
Decision theory has found numerous practical applications, including proving the existence of God and generating endless LessWrong comments since the beginning of time.
However, despite the apparent simplicity of "just choose the best action", no comprehensive decision theory that resolves all decision theory dilemmas has yet been formalized. This paper at long last resolves this dilemma, by introducing a new decision theory: VDT.
Decision theory problems and existing theories
Some common existing decision theories are:
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Outline:
(00:53) Decision theory problems and existing theories
(05:37) Defining VDT
(06:34) Experimental results
(07:48) Conclusion
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Introduction
Decision theory is about how to behave rationally under conditions of uncertainty, especially if this uncertainty involves being acausally blackmailed and/or gaslit by alien superintelligent basilisks.
Decision theory has found numerous practical applications, including proving the existence of God and generating endless LessWrong comments since the beginning of time.
However, despite the apparent simplicity of "just choose the best action", no comprehensive decision theory that resolves all decision theory dilemmas has yet been formalized. This paper at long last resolves this dilemma, by introducing a new decision theory: VDT.
Decision theory problems and existing theories
Some common existing decision theories are:
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Outline:
(00:53) Decision theory problems and existing theories
(05:37) Defining VDT
(06:34) Experimental results
(07:48) Conclusion
---
First published:
Source:
Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
---
Images from the article:
Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
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