Since utility is only defined up to positive affine transformation, I feel like these graphs need some reference point for something like “neutral threshold” and/or “current utility”. I don’t think we want to be thinking of “most options are kind of okay, some are pretty bad, some are pretty good” the same as “most options are great, some are pretty good, some are super amazing”.
If nothing good is going to happen, then its best option is to stop wasting resources.
That’s not at all obvious. Why not “if nothing good is going to happen, there’s no reason to try to conserve resources”?
Since utility is only defined up to positive affine transformation, I feel like these graphs need some reference point for something like “neutral threshold” and/or “current utility”. I don’t think we want to be thinking of “most options are kind of okay, some are pretty bad, some are pretty good” the same as “most options are great, some are pretty good, some are super amazing”.
That’s not at all obvious. Why not “if nothing good is going to happen, there’s no reason to try to conserve resources”?