Not necessarily. Suppose there are two switches next to each other: switch A and switch B. If you leave switch A alone, I’ll write it “a”, if you flip it, it’s “A.” The payoffs look like this:
I mean, it flips a binary action. If you replace the “you” deciding whether or not to switch A with one with an opposite utility function, it will flip it so that future you will do less damage when you flip B.
Not necessarily. Suppose there are two switches next to each other: switch A and switch B. If you leave switch A alone, I’ll write it “a”, if you flip it, it’s “A.” The payoffs look like this:
ab: +1
aB: −1
Ab: +3
AB: −3
I mean, it flips a binary action. If you replace the “you” deciding whether or not to switch A with one with an opposite utility function, it will flip it so that future you will do less damage when you flip B.
Ah, I see. Interesting distinction to make, but I don’t think it was intended by roko.