DanArmak comments on Simulation argument meets decision theory - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanArmak 24 September 2014 10:15:28PM 1 point [-]

The agent, and the utility function's implementation in the agent, are already part of the world and its world-history. If two agents in two universes cannot be distinguished by any observation in their universes, then they must exhibit identical behavior. I claim it makes no sense to say two agents have different goals or different utility functions if they are physically identical.