timtyler comments on Hedging our Bets: The Case for Pursuing Whole Brain Emulation to Safeguard Humanity's Future - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 03 March 2010 09:11:12AM 0 points [-]

Re: "When you have a set of preferences that isn't simple, there's no point in thinking of it as a utility function."

Sure there is - say you want to compare the utility functions of two agents. Or compare the parts of the agents which are independent of the utility function. A general model that covers all goal-directed agents is very useful for such things.