Value of Information

TagLast edit: 28 Apr 2020 22:40 UTC by Ruby

Value of Information (VoI) is a concept from decision analysis: how much answering a question allows a decision-maker to improve its decision.

How does an infovore manage information overload?

haig25 Aug 2009 18:54 UTC

3 points

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Break your habits: be more empirical

Academian2 Oct 2010 21:04 UTC

145 points

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Costs and Benefits of Scholarship

lukeprog22 Mar 2011 2:19 UTC

70 points

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5-second level case study: Value of information

Kaj_Sotala22 Nov 2011 13:44 UTC

36 points

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Value of Information: Four Examples

Vaniver22 Nov 2011 23:02 UTC

136 points

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Value of Information: 8 examples

gwern18 May 2012 23:45 UTC

82 points

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The VNM independence axiom ignores the value of information

kilobug2 Mar 2013 14:36 UTC

15 points

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Privileging the Question

Qiaochu_Yuan29 Apr 2013 18:30 UTC

223 points

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How to Measure Anything

lukeprog7 Aug 2013 4:05 UTC

118 points

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Map:Territory::Uncertainty::Randomness – but that doesn’t matter, value of information does.

Davidmanheim22 Jan 2016 19:12 UTC

8 points

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VOI is Only Nonnegative When Information is Uncorrelated With Future Action

Diffractor31 Aug 2018 5:13 UTC

22 points

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Lessons on Value of Information From Civ

johnswentworth7 Oct 2020 18:18 UTC

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Information Assets

ozziegooen24 Aug 2021 4:32 UTC

42 points

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Experimental longtermism: theory needs data

Jan_Kulveit and technicalities

24 Mar 2022 8:23 UTC

52 points

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(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Gathering Information you won’t use directly is often useful

Johannes C. Mayer24 Jul 2022 21:21 UTC

6 points

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Unit Test Everything

DirectedEvolution29 Sep 2022 18:12 UTC

30 points

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Incentives from a causal perspective

tom4everitt, James Fox, RyanCarey, mattmacdermott, sbenthall and Jonathan Richens

10 Jul 2023 17:16 UTC

27 points

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Preserving our heritage: Building a movement and a knowledge ark for current and future generations

rnk829 Nov 2023 19:20 UTC

0 points

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“Inftoxicity” and other new words to describe malicious information and communication thereof

Jáchym Fibír23 Dec 2023 18:15 UTC

−1 points

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