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yudkowsky2017fdt
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fdt-definition
Assertion
FDT holds that agents should take whichever action is recommended by the function that an idealized reasoner would use to choose actions in similar situations, maximizing expected utility across all physical and counterfactual instances.
Quote
functional decision theory (FDT)... [holds that agents should] take whichever action is output by the decision procedure which, if implemented, would cause the best outcomes in expectation.
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