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615C68A6 comments on Harsanyi's Social Aggregation Theorem and what it means for CEV - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: 615C68A6 06 January 2013 02:43:34AM 2 points [-]

I don't see how I could agree with this conclusion :

But many people don't like this, usually for reasons involving utility monsters. If you are one of these people, then you better learn to like it, because according to Harsanyi's Social Aggregation Theorem, any alternative can result in the supposedly Friendly AI making a choice that is bad for every member of the population.

If both ways are wrong, then you haven't tried hard enough yet.

Well explained though.

Comment author: AlexMennen 06 January 2013 06:55:15AM 6 points [-]

The Social Aggregation Theorem doesn't just show that some particular way of aggregating utility functions other than by linear combination is bad; it shows that every way of aggregating utility functions other than by linear combination is bad.

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