It is the title of a paper by Milli, Hadfield-Menell, Dragan and Russell which can be found here. Their goal is to demonstrate that when a human is not perfectly rational and delegates decision mak…| The Leisure of the Theory Class
Written by Daniel Villiger Do I want to have children? This is one of the big life decisions. If I choose to have a child and am successful, I will become a parent and will experience the ups and downs, the advantages and disadvantages of being a parent. On the other hand, if I choose| Practical Ethics
by Thomas Reifer At the height of global demonstrations against Israel’s radically disproportionate response to the horrific October 7, 2023 terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, which killed some 1,200 people with 240 hostages taken, headlines around the world proclaimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing to go ahead with his long-planned full scale invasion of Rafah, in Gaza — at a time when some 30,000 Palestinians have already been reported killed by Israel....| Daniel Ellsberg's Website
I assume some familiarity with basic concepts in the area of anthropics (a.k.a. self-locating beliefs or imperfect recall) and decision theory. A pragmatist maxim of action relevance Consider the f…| The Universe from an Intentional Stance
[I assume the reader is familiar with Newcomb’s problem and causal decision theory. Some familiarity with basic theoretical computer science ideas also helps.] The Adversarial Offer In a recently (…| The Universe from an Intentional Stance
Photo by Andres Gonzalez for The New York TimesThe New York Times recently published a Q&A interview and a podcast with Daniel Ellsberg:| Daniel Ellsberg's Website