My confusion was: even “when the agent is acting”, I think it would still be appropriate to describe its beliefs according to EDT. However, I was confused by thinking about ”...and then offering a bet”. As far as I can tell, this is just an unnecessary bit of storytelling set around a two step decision problem, and a CDT agent has to evaluate the prospects of each decision according to CDT.
My confusion was: even “when the agent is acting”, I think it would still be appropriate to describe its beliefs according to EDT. However, I was confused by thinking about ”...and then offering a bet”. As far as I can tell, this is just an unnecessary bit of storytelling set around a two step decision problem, and a CDT agent has to evaluate the prospects of each decision according to CDT.