= 27d567bc2d48d9f40e9ccc20ea370b15)
shminux comments on Expected utility, unlosing agents, and Pascal's mugging - Less Wrong Discussion
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
= 783df68a0f980790206b9ea87794c5b6)
Loading…= b715d02e85f7b3b4ae65ca3d3e450868)
Subscribe to RSS Feed
Powered by Reddit
= f037147d6e6c911a85753b9abdedda8d)
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
Comments (54)
If you use a bounded utility function, it will inevitably be saturated by unlikely but high-utility possibilities, rendering it useless.
For any possible world W, |P(W) * BoundedUtility(W)| < |P(W) * UnboundedUtility(W)| as P(W) goes to zero.
Why?