MrMind comments on Simulation argument meets decision theory - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MrMind 25 September 2014 10:34:54AM *  1 point [-]

I think there's an ambiguity here:

  • if X*_i presses "sim" and X*_i receives .2 utility, then "sim" is the dominant choice and there's nothing more to say.

  • if X*_i presses "sim" and X gets .2 utility, then each X' (X or X*_i) faces a variant of the Absent Minded Driver.

The second interpretation seems though to be contraddicted by OP words:

For every agent it is true that she does not gain anything from the utility of another agent despite the fact she and the other agents are identical!