Basic Foundations for Agent Models

Against Time in Agent Models

Writ­ing Causal Models Like We Write Programs

Utility Max­i­miza­tion = De­scrip­tion Length Minimization

Op­ti­miza­tion at a Distance

Bits of Op­ti­miza­tion Can Only Be Lost Over A Distance

The “Mea­sur­ing Stick of Utility” Problem

Distributed Decisions

What’s Gen­eral-Pur­pose Search, And Why Might We Ex­pect To See It In Trained ML Sys­tems?