Ok thanks.
I'm coming to realize just how much of this stuff derives from Eliezer's insistance on reflective consistency of a decision theory. Given any decision theory, Eliezer will find an Omega to overthrow it.
But doesn't a diagonal argument show that no decision theory can be reflectively consistent over all test data presented by a malicious Omega? Just as there is no enumeration of the reals, isn't there a game which can make any specified rational agent regret its rationality? Omega holds all the cards. He can always make you regret your choice of decision theory.
But doesn't a diagonal argument show that no decision theory can be reflectively consistent over all test data presented by a malicious Omega?
With the strong disclaimer that I have no background in decision theory beyond casually reading LW...
I don't think so. The point of simulation (Omega) problems, to me, doesn't seem to be to judo your intelligence against yourself; rather, it is to "throw your DT off the scent", building weird connections between events (weird, but still vaguely possible, at least for AIs), that a particular DT isn't capa...
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