Vladimir_Nesov comments on UDT agents as deontologists - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 10 June 2010 01:09:29AM *  2 points [-]

By contrast, an algorithm that only cares whether a decision is "right" can only input data from one source: an internal list of which decisions should be taken. Thus, describing an algorithm as "concerned only with doing right" means that it will be updateless.

The right thing for the increment algorithm is to output its parameter increased by one.