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Douglas_Knight comments on Open thread, March 17-31, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 18 March 2013 03:25:58PM 0 points [-]

The literature largely defines CDT as incapable of precommitments. If you want to propose a specific model of how to choose commitments, just do it.

Comment author: Elithrion 18 March 2013 05:39:11PM 0 points [-]

I don't have one! I'm not brave enough to start coming up with new decision theories while not knowing very much about decision theories. But would I be correct in assuming that this would also mean that the literature definition implies that a CDT agent also can't choose to become a UDT one? (As that seems to me equivalent to a big precommitment to act as a UDT agent.)