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Mitchell_Porter comments on Delayed Gratification vs. a Time-Dependent Utility Function - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Mitchell_Porter 06 May 2012 02:04:35AM 3 points [-]

Topology is potentially relevant to FAI theory. Much of computation consists of mappings between spaces - and mappings between mappings, etc. The topological properties of these spaces constrain the dynamical flows that can exist on them.

Comment author: momothefiddler 06 May 2012 02:29:39AM 1 point [-]

Thanks for pointing that out! The general questions still exist, but the particular situation produces much less anxiety with the knowledge that the two functions have some similarities.

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