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DanielLC comments on Non-personal preferences of never-existed people - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 10 March 2011 07:54PM

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Comment author: DanielLC 19 April 2011 07:53:09PM 0 points [-]

Utility is the dot product of the derivative of desires and the observations. Desires are what you attempt to make happen.

If you start trying to make what's currently happening happen more often, then you're happy.