Your definition says “no”, which seems fine. But it might leave you with an awkward distinction between “instrumentally rational decisions” and “decisions rooted in instrumental rationality.”
My definition was the first, which is “instrumental rationality = acting so you winyour values”. So, wouldn’t it say that following your gut was instrumentally rational? At least, if it’s a great idea in expectation given what you knew—I wouldn’t say lottery winners were instrumentally rational.
I guess the hangup is in pinning down “when things are actually good ideas in expectation”, given that it’s harder to know that without either lots of experience or clear theoretical underpinnings.
I think one of the things I was aiming for with Being a Robust Agent is “you set up the longterm goal of having your policies and actions have knowably good outcomes, which locally might be a setback for how capable you are, but allows you to reliably achieve longer term goals.”
My definition was the first, which is “instrumental rationality = acting so you winyour values”. So, wouldn’t it say that following your gut was instrumentally rational? At least, if it’s a great idea in expectation given what you knew—I wouldn’t say lottery winners were instrumentally rational.
I guess the hangup is in pinning down “when things are actually good ideas in expectation”, given that it’s harder to know that without either lots of experience or clear theoretical underpinnings.
I think one of the things I was aiming for with Being a Robust Agent is “you set up the longterm goal of having your policies and actions have knowably good outcomes, which locally might be a setback for how capable you are, but allows you to reliably achieve longer term goals.”