army1987 comments on Maximise Expected Utility, not Expected Perception of Utility - Less Wrong

12 Post author: JGWeissman 26 March 2010 04:39AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 04 February 2012 05:55:02PM 2 points [-]

f you treat it as only a proxy for some other utility function, then you ought to treat most forms of entertainment, and non-reproductive sex, as giving only counterfeit utilons.

Not necessarily; it depends on what that other utility function is.