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Stuart_Armstrong comments on Assessors that are hard to seduce - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 09 March 2015 02:19PM

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 10 March 2015 02:36:56PM 0 points [-]

These can be defined in counterfactual ways, if needed. There need not actually be an assessor, just a small probability of one.

Comment author: Slider 11 March 2015 01:46:25AM 0 points [-]

Wouldn't that be the equivalent of thinking that a Pascal's wager will keep it in check?

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 11 March 2015 10:25:22AM 0 points [-]