amcknight comments on Thoughts and problems with Eliezer's measure of optimization power - Less Wrong

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Comment author: amcknight 11 June 2012 06:51:47PM 0 points [-]

I'm not an expert either. However, the OP function has nothing to do with ignorance or probabilities until you introduce them in the mixed states. It seems to me that this standard combining rule is not valid unless you're combining probabilities.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 12 June 2012 04:38:59PM 0 points [-]

Hence OP is not an entropy.