TDT gets better outcomes than CDT when faced with Newcomb's Problem, Parfit's Hitchhiker, and the True Prisoner's Dilemma.
When does CDT outperform TDT? If the answer is "never", as it currently seems to be, why wouldn't a CDT agent self-modify to use TDT?
why wouldn't a CDT agent self-modify to use TDT?
Because it can't find a write-up that explains how to use it?
Perhaps you can answer the questions that I asked here What play does TDT make in the game of Chicken? Can you point me to a description of TDT that would allow me to answer that question for myself?
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