Criticality is confusing because it describes the point when nuclear reaction becomes self-sustaining, and relates to “critical points” in the related area of dynamical systems, which is somewhat different from what we’re talking about.
I think Hingeyness should have a simple name because it is not a complicated concept—It’s how much actions affect long-run outcomes. In RL, in discussion of prioritized experience replay, we would just use something like “importance”. I would generally use “(long-run) importance” or “(long-run) influence” here, though I guess pivotality (from Yudkowsky’s “pivotal act”) is alright in a jargon-liking context (like academic papers).
Edit: From Carl’s comment, and from rereading the post, the per-resource component seems key. So maybe per-resource importance.
Criticality is confusing because it describes the point when nuclear reaction becomes self-sustaining, and relates to “critical points” in the related area of dynamical systems, which is somewhat different from what we’re talking about.
I think Hingeyness should have a simple name because it is not a complicated concept—It’s how much actions affect long-run outcomes. In RL, in discussion of prioritized experience replay, we would just use something like “importance”. I would generally use “(long-run) importance” or “(long-run) influence” here, though I guess pivotality (from Yudkowsky’s “pivotal act”) is alright in a jargon-liking context (like academic papers).
Edit: From Carl’s comment, and from rereading the post, the per-resource component seems key. So maybe per-resource importance.