I can secondhand lend some affirmation to the newcomb case.
Oh yeah, that’s a cool example.
Another solution is illegible-ization/orthogonalization of preferences to the hostile telepath so that you don’t overlap in anything they might care about or overpower you with.
You mean something like, look boring to them? Like, I don’t care how good Putin is at reading people, I just don’t have anything he wants, so I’m safe as long as I keep (apparently) not having anything he wants?
Yes, though this often involves some self deception about your true utility function. I suspect that some ace people did this to themselves to avoid zero sum competition they expect to painfully lose.
Oh yeah, that’s a cool example.
You mean something like, look boring to them? Like, I don’t care how good Putin is at reading people, I just don’t have anything he wants, so I’m safe as long as I keep (apparently) not having anything he wants?
Yes, though this often involves some self deception about your true utility function. I suspect that some ace people did this to themselves to avoid zero sum competition they expect to painfully lose.