Vladimir_Nesov comments on BOOK DRAFT: 'Ethics and Superintelligence' (part 1, revised) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 24 February 2011 10:16:18AM 1 point [-]

To me, calling TDT "an extension of CDT" implies that it applies to a wider range of problems than CDT, while agreeing with CDT where CDT gives a well-defined answer.

But this is a correct characterization of what TDT does. It extends applicability of CDT from action-determined to decision-determined problems.

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 24 February 2011 02:20:54PM *  0 points [-]

But this is a correct characterization of what TDT does. It extends applicability of CDT from action-determined to decision-determined problems.

But CDT already gives well-defined answers to decision-determined problems such as Newcomb's problem. They're just not necessarily the right answers.

By "applies", I mean "yields an output, which supporters claim is correct", not "yields a correct output".

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