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Intrism comments on Reinforcement and Short-Term Rewards as Anti-Akratic - Less Wrong Discussion

24 Post author: Intrism 13 April 2013 08:47PM

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Comment author: Intrism 15 April 2013 12:00:30AM *  1 point [-]

Could you try using smaller candy?

The way the feeder is built, that wouldn't really help. It dispenses a constant volume, not a set number of candies. I could try to reduce the dispensed volume further, but I think other techniques would be best to try first.

if the reward is in the system, I tend not to wait very long before using it.

This seems OK to me.

It's not a problem except insofar as it interferes with some of the rules.

Or perhaps giving 1 candy per N points? Or giving a candy with probability 1/N?

These are the two big options I'm considering for next time. I'm leaning towards the "1 candy per N points" model, because that allows me to "gamify" the system with a big XP bar.

Comment author: whateverfor 15 April 2013 06:03:12AM 2 points [-]

You could try "adulterating" the candy with something non-edible, like colored beads. It would fix the volume concerns, be easily adjustable, and possibly add a bit of variable reinforcement.

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