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Newcombs problem

Newcombs problem

May 02, 20251 min read

newcombs-problem

Predictor setup

newcombs-paradox

Decision setup

newcomb-decision-setup

References.

  • William Newcomb never published the paradox, but posed the problem in 1960 and discussed with Gardner and Nozick.
  • Newcomb’s Problem and Two Principles of Choice (Nozick 1969)
  • Functional Decision Theory. A New Theory of Instrumental Rationality (Yudkowsky, Soares, 2018)
  • Counterfactuals and Two Kinds of Expected Utility (Gibbard, Harper, 1978)
  • An implementation of Newcomb problem

Context.

  • evidential decision theory

Graph View

  • Predictor setup
  • Decision setup

Backlinks

  • An implementation of Newcomb problem
  • Death in Damascus
  • Functional Decision Theory. A New Theory of Instrumental Rationality (Yudkowsky, Soares, 2018)
  • Modelling Newcomb problem
  • Newcomb's problem in LazyPPL
  • The Lesson of Newcomb’s Paradox (Wolpert, Benford, 2013)
  • decision theory
  • Discrete partial Markov category
  • evidential versus causal decision theory
  • Partial Markov category
  • verifying probabilistic code from ChatGPT
  • Newcomb's Problem and Two Principles of Choice (Nozick 1969)

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