wedrifid comments on Prisoner's Dilemma (with visible source code) Tournament - LessWrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 11 June 2013 08:27:31AM 2 points [-]

The payoffs for "other" were designed so that neither failing to halt, nor convincing the other player not to halt, should ever be a worthwhile strategy. If you don't halt, it gives you the same payoff as if you had cooperated, and gives the other player the same payoff as if you had defected.

Your game world implements an "enthusiastic consent" policy