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cousin_it comments on Agent-Simulates-Predictor Variant of the Prisoner's Dilemma - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: cousin_it 16 December 2015 01:31:48PM *  3 points [-]

Yes, you can make the distinction mathematically precise, as I did in this post (which is the "Slepnev 2011" reference in the OP).

Comment author: Lumifer 16 December 2015 04:19:01PM 0 points [-]

Yes, I understand that, but my question is why does the distinction matter in this context?

Comment author: cousin_it 17 December 2015 01:54:40PM *  1 point [-]

Not sure I understand your question... It's provable that the agents behave differently, so there you have a mathy explanation. As for non-mathy explanations, I think the best one is Gary's original description of the ASP problem.