Coscott comments on Functional Side Effects - Less Wrong

0 Post author: Coscott 14 January 2014 08:22PM

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Comment author: Coscott 14 January 2014 09:57:03PM 0 points [-]

Actually, I take that back, I think that both examples are side effects. Your output is a side effect of the Omega function, because it is not just a dependent on what Omega does on different inputs, it is also dependent on what Omega does in counterfactual universes.

I am confused by this issue, and I am not trying to present a coherent solution as much as I am trying to stimulate discussion on thinking outside of the input-output model of decision theory.