Search Results for author: Nate Soares

Found 5 papers, 0 papers with code

Functional Decision Theory: A New Theory of Instrumental Rationality

no code implementations13 Oct 2017 Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares

This paper describes and motivates a new decision theory known as functional decision theory (FDT), as distinct from causal decision theory and evidential decision theory.

Decision Making

Logical Induction

no code implementations12 Sep 2016 Scott Garrabrant, Tsvi Benson-Tilsen, Andrew Critch, Nate Soares, Jessica Taylor

For instance, if the language is Peano arithmetic, it assigns probabilities to all arithmetical statements, including claims about the twin prime conjecture, the outputs of long-running computations, and its own probabilities.

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Asymptotic Convergence in Online Learning with Unbounded Delays

no code implementations18 Apr 2016 Scott Garrabrant, Nate Soares, Jessica Taylor

We study the problem of predicting the results of computations that are too expensive to run, via the observation of the results of smaller computations.

Inductive Coherence

no code implementations18 Apr 2016 Scott Garrabrant, Benya Fallenstein, Abram Demski, Nate Soares

While probability theory is normally applied to external environments, there has been some recent interest in probabilistic modeling of the outputs of computations that are too expensive to run.

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Toward Idealized Decision Theory

no code implementations7 Jul 2015 Nate Soares, Benja Fallenstein

This paper motivates the study of decision theory as necessary for aligning smarter-than-human artificial systems with human interests.

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