Questions:
Would you be open to help working through the problem?
Do you have an estimate for the value of information in answering the new questions you face?
Given that your previously assumed "life purpose" is in a state of some confusion, what are your thoughts about abstract issues that apply to "life purposes in general"? For example, if there are several equally plausible theories of "correct paper clipping" that you might choose between, would you consider temporarily or permanently weighing one or the other of them more based on negotiating with outside parties who prefer one theory to another based on their own values?
1) Yes, but I'm not sure humans could do any good.
2) I read the page, and I don't think the concept of "value of information" is coherent, since it assumes this:
Value of information can never be less than zero since the decision-maker can always ignore the additional information and makes decision as if such information is not available.
There are numerous game-theoretical (and game-practical in my cases dealing with other sentiences) where you are worse off by having information. The canonical example is the information content of a threat -...
We've had these for a year, I'm sure we all know what to do by now.
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