Rational agents is a required assumption for any decision theory.
If you see patterns in their behavior, you can predict them, and they would be foolish to play with you, unless by pressing random_choice
If you are a rational agent and your opponent is not, it is possoble for a stable solution where you win more often than not. The only way to get you to pick something that would have you losing more often than not (w/o playing with payoffs) is if your expectations about the outcomes are wrong. The agent with wrong predictions losing to the one with better predictions is unremarkable.
Rational agents is a required assumption for any decision theory
No? CDT definition makes no references to agents, nor rational agents. It sees the world, and itself, and makes no distinction of dumb matter and agents.
No? CDT definition makes no references to agents, nor rational agents. It sees the world, and itself, and makes no distinction of dumb matter and agents.
What do you think decision theories are? The entire point of a decision theory is to describe what decisions rational agents aught to make. If there is no agent to make a decision, there is no decision theory. You can see page 5 of the book i previously linked for a decent definition of decision theory. Or the section on decision theory beginning on page 351.
Rational agents is a required assumption for any decision theory.
If you are a rational agent and your opponent is not, it is possoble for a stable solution where you win more often than not. The only way to get you to pick something that would have you losing more often than not (w/o playing with payoffs) is if your expectations about the outcomes are wrong. The agent with wrong predictions losing to the one with better predictions is unremarkable.
No? CDT definition makes no references to agents, nor rational agents. It sees the world, and itself, and makes no distinction of dumb matter and agents.
What do you think decision theories are? The entire point of a decision theory is to describe what decisions rational agents aught to make. If there is no agent to make a decision, there is no decision theory. You can see page 5 of the book i previously linked for a decent definition of decision theory. Or the section on decision theory beginning on page 351.