Will_Sawin comments on Controlling Constant Programs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 06 September 2010 03:50:15AM *  1 point [-]

The point is, you will make different choices if you get different sensory experiences

You can see it as unconditionally making a single conditional choice. The choice is itself a program with parameters, and goes different ways depending on observation, but is made without regard for observation. As an option, the choice is a parametrized constructor for new agents, which upon being constructed will make further choices, again without parameters.

Comment author: Will_Sawin 06 September 2010 04:20:07AM 1 point [-]

There are several different possible formulations here. It seems like they will lead to the same results. The best one is, I suppose, the most elegant one.

Not sure which is.