If true “beliefs” are models that make accurate predictions, then deception would presumably be communication that systematically results in less accurate predictions (by a listener applying the same inference algorithms that would result in more accurate predictions when applied to direct observations or “honest” reports).
This helped me clarify that these algorithms of deception are not just adversarially attempting to deceive, but in fact adversarially crafted for one’s belief-forming mechanisms.
This helped me clarify that these algorithms of deception are not just adversarially attempting to deceive, but in fact adversarially crafted for one’s belief-forming mechanisms.