Stuart_Armstrong comments on Acausal trade barriers - Less Wrong

9 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 11 March 2015 01:40PM

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 13 March 2015 12:22:14PM 1 point [-]

When does "I only value what happens given that I exist" (roughly) differ from "I only value what I directly cause" (roughly)?

Acausal trade with agents who can check whether you exist or not.

Comment author: Transfuturist 13 March 2015 06:55:03PM 0 points [-]

Can those agents check whether your utility function is p vs p'? Because otherwise the point seems moot.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 19 March 2015 01:48:08PM 0 points [-]

They can have a probability estimate over it. Just as in all acausal trade. Which I don't fully understand.