Approval-directed agency and the decision theory of Newcomb-like problems

DOI10.1007/s11229-019-02148-2zbMath1529.68310OpenAlexW2916456961MaRDI QIDQ6182772

Caspar Oesterheld

Publication date: 26 January 2024

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02148-2

zbMATH Keywords

reinforcement learningcausal decision theoryevidential decision theoryNewcomb's problemAI safetyphilosophical foundations of AI

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Learning and adaptive systems in artificial intelligence (68T05) General considerations in statistical decision theory (62C05) Agent technology and artificial intelligence (68T42)

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