falenas108 comments on Problematic Problems for TDT - Less Wrong

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Comment author: falenas108 24 May 2012 12:45:28PM *  0 points [-]

Yes. If the TDT agent picked the $1,001,00 here, then the simulated agent would have two-boxed as well, meaning only box A would be filled.

Remember, the simulated agent was presented with the same problem, so the decision TDT makes here is the same one the simulated agent makes.

Comment author: Bill_McGrath 24 May 2012 01:08:23PM 1 point [-]

Right, I understand what you mean. I was thinking of in the context of a person being presented with this situation, not an idealized agent running a specific decision theory.

And Omega's simulated agent would presumably hold all the same information as a person would, and be capable of responding the same way.

Cheers for clarifying that for me.