timtyler comments on Ingredients of Timeless Decision Theory - Less Wrong

43 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 August 2009 01:10AM

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Comment author: timtyler 20 August 2009 06:44:34AM *  0 points [-]

I don't know if Justin Fisher's work exactly replicates your own conclusions. However it seems to have much the same motivations, and to have reached many of the same conclusions.

FWIW, it took me about 15 minutes to find that paper in a literature search.

Another relevant paper:

"No regrets: or: Edith Piaf revamps decision theory".

That one seems to have christened what you tend to refer to as "consistency under reflection" as "desire reflection".

I don't seem to like either term very much - but currently don't have a better alternative to offer.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 August 2009 07:14:23AM *  0 points [-]

Violation of desire reflection would be a sufficient condition for violation of dynamic consistency, which in turn is a sufficient condition to violate reflective consistency. I don't see a necessity link.