Not sure I remember seeing that usage for “utility function” on LW, though.
Many uses are ambiguous enough to encompass either definition. If you aren’t aware of the possible ambiguity then you’re unlikely to notice anything awry—at least up until the point where you run into someone who’s using a different default definition, and things start to get messy. (This has happened to me a couple of times.)
Many uses are ambiguous enough to encompass either definition. If you aren’t aware of the possible ambiguity then you’re unlikely to notice anything awry—at least up until the point where you run into someone who’s using a different default definition, and things start to get messy. (This has happened to me a couple of times.)