conchis comments on Post Your Utility Function - Less Wrong

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Comment author: conchis 07 June 2009 05:28:02AM *  0 points [-]

I'm afraid I have no idea what you mean, perhaps because I failed to adequately explain the distinction between experienced utility and decision utility, and you've taken it to mean something else entirely. Roughly: experienced utility is something you experience or feel (e.g. positive emotions); decision utility is an abstract function that describes the decisions you make, without necessarily corresponding to anything you actually experience.

Follow the link I gave, or see my earlier comment here (experienced utility is 1., decision utility is 2.)

Apologies if I'm failing to understand you for some other reason, such as not having slept. ;)