PuyaSharif comments on Satisficers want to become maximisers - Less Wrong

21 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 21 October 2011 04:27PM

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Comment author: PuyaSharif 22 October 2011 01:39:17PM 0 points [-]

Can you really assume the agent to have a utility function that is both linear in paperclips (which implies risk neutrality) and bounded + monotonic?

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 22 October 2011 05:36:48PM 0 points [-]

No; but you can assume it's linear up to some bound.