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Jayson_Virissimo comments on Open thread, September 2-8, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

0 Post author: David_Gerard 02 September 2013 02:07PM

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Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 05 September 2013 08:19:05PM 0 points [-]

Are you implying that utility functions don't change or that they do, but you can't take actions that will make it more likely to change in a given direction, or something else?

Comment author: drethelin 05 September 2013 09:09:20PM 2 points [-]

More that any decision you make about trying to change your utility function is not "choosing a utility function" but is actually just your current utility function expressing itself.