Larks comments on Utility Maximization and Complex Values - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Larks 19 June 2011 10:22:16PM 0 points [-]

"Rational expected-utility-maximizing agents get to care about whatever the hell they want." - a good heuristic to bear in mind. There really are an awful lot of orderings on possible worlds, and if value is complex, your utility function* probably isn't linear.

*usual disclaimers apply about not actually having one.