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Open-Minded Updatelessness

TagLast edit: 26 May 2026 18:32 UTC by abramdemski

Updateful decision theories change the probability distribution used to evaluate actions over time. Updateless Decision Theory (UDT) does not, instead always maximizing a priori expected utility. This works well in well-defined decision problems with high probability in the prior, but in some senses, does not learn. Open-Minded Updatelessness seeks to combine the advantages of updatelessness and updatefulness by allowing some changes in probabilities, without fully updating on evidence.

Open-minded updatelessness

10 Jul 2023 11:08 UTC
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In Defense of Open-Minded UDT

abramdemski12 Aug 2024 18:27 UTC
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Geo­met­ric UDT

abramdemski6 Nov 2025 6:24 UTC
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