Allan_Crossman comments on The True Prisoner's Dilemma - Less Wrong

53 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 03 September 2008 09:34PM

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Comment author: Allan_Crossman 04 September 2008 08:34:00PM 0 points [-]

Vladimir: In case of prisoner's dilemma, you are penalized by ending up with (D,D) instead of better (C,C) for deciding to defect

Only if you have reason to believe that the other player will do whatever you do. While that's the case in Simpleton's example, it's not the case in Eliezer's.