Manfred comments on Open thread, 21-27 April 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Manfred 25 April 2014 08:48:46PM *  1 point [-]

The 5 and 10 problem is basically what happens when your agent asks "what are the logical implications if 5 is chosen?" rather than "If we do causal surgery such that 5 is chosen, what's the utility?"

There are other ways to avoid the 5 and 10 problem, but I think they're less general than using causality.