Wait! I think I get it! In a Prisoner’s Dilemma, both agents are facing another agent, whereas in Newcomb’s Problem, Alice is facing an infinite chain of herself, whereas Bob is facing an infinite chain of someone else. It’s like the “favorite number” example in the followup post.
Wait! I think I get it! In a Prisoner’s Dilemma, both agents are facing another agent, whereas in Newcomb’s Problem, Alice is facing an infinite chain of herself, whereas Bob is facing an infinite chain of someone else. It’s like the “favorite number” example in the followup post.
Yes.
Well that took embarrassingly long.