As someone who works on probabilistic programming (w applications to simulation based modeling), I wanted to say that I thought this was very good! I think more people attracted to expected utility maximization should read this to expand their view of what’s possible and practical in light of our value disagreements, and our deep ignorance about the world.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I think, for me, it was the case for a long time that I just didn’t know about alternative approaches. E.g., what else would you do if not maximizing expected utility? And if you want to do optimization (of utility), what else is there but aggregating all your values into a single utility? Well, using multi-objective optimization (Pareto-optimality) and seeking robust solutions are alternatives. So, that changed my outlook at least.
As someone who works on probabilistic programming (w applications to simulation based modeling), I wanted to say that I thought this was very good! I think more people attracted to expected utility maximization should read this to expand their view of what’s possible and practical in light of our value disagreements, and our deep ignorance about the world.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I think, for me, it was the case for a long time that I just didn’t know about alternative approaches. E.g., what else would you do if not maximizing expected utility? And if you want to do optimization (of utility), what else is there but aggregating all your values into a single utility? Well, using multi-objective optimization (Pareto-optimality) and seeking robust solutions are alternatives. So, that changed my outlook at least.