A big chunk of philosophers one-box. These people generally adopt evidential decision theory. They also cooperate in PD with twin. So no, FDT isn’t just the same as one boxing. If it was, then all EDTers would be FDTers.
I don’t think you should program an AI to follow CDT. This is because decision theories are theories of which actions are rational, not the dispositions that you want to have. So I agree with Christiano—this obviously can’t be the criterion for being a functional decision theorist.
Here’s one test: there is not a single person, to the best of my knowledge, anywhere in the world who adopts FDT and has a Ph.D in philosophy. This fact is surprising if it’s the right view.
Here’s one test: there is not a single person, to the best of my knowledge, anywhere in the world who adopts FDT and has a Ph.D in philosophy. This fact is surprising if it’s the right view.
False:
With that said I was a CDTer who became an FDTer and also a rationalist who became an empiricist so maybe it’s my job to bring balance to the force. (source)
Tyler holds a PhD in analytic philosophy and democratic theory from Rutgers University (source)
It’s true! The same way relativity is wrong but less wrong than newtonian physics. Are you going to somehow try to spin this into therefore saying your original statement was right? Come on man.
A big chunk of philosophers one-box. These people generally adopt evidential decision theory. They also cooperate in PD with twin. So no, FDT isn’t just the same as one boxing. If it was, then all EDTers would be FDTers.
I don’t think you should program an AI to follow CDT. This is because decision theories are theories of which actions are rational, not the dispositions that you want to have. So I agree with Christiano—this obviously can’t be the criterion for being a functional decision theorist.
Here’s one test: there is not a single person, to the best of my knowledge, anywhere in the world who adopts FDT and has a Ph.D in philosophy. This fact is surprising if it’s the right view.
False:
You are correct, thanks for the correction.Edit: wait actually this is wrong, Tyler said in dms “Well FDT is wrong but less wrong than CDT.”
Tyler said in dms “Well FDT is wrong but less wrong than CDT.”
It’s true! The same way relativity is wrong but less wrong than newtonian physics. Are you going to somehow try to spin this into therefore saying your original statement was right? Come on man.