timtyler comments on Hedging our Bets: The Case for Pursuing Whole Brain Emulation to Safeguard Humanity's Future - Less Wrong
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
Comments (244)
In comparison with what?
The main virtues of utility-based models are that they are general - and so allow comparisons across agents - and that they abstract goal-seeking behaviour away from the implementation details of finite memories, processing speed, etc - which helps if you are interested in focusing on either of those areas.