no code implementations • 13 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.
no code implementations • 12 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.
no code implementations • 18 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.
no code implementations • 18 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.
no code implementations • 7 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.