Acausal trade

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Acausal trade is a speculative form of cooperation between two agents who, despite being unable to causally affect or communicate with each other, can each benefit by predicting what the other wants and doing it.

Cooperating with aliens and AGIs: An ECL explainer

ChiFeb 24, 2024, 10:58 PM

54 points

9 comments20 min readEA link

Everett branches, inter-light cone trade and other alien matters: Appendix to “An ECL explainer”

ChiFeb 24, 2024, 11:09 PM

26 points

1 comment11 min readEA link

Evidential Cooperation in Large Worlds: Potential Objections & FAQ

ChiFeb 28, 2024, 6:58 PM

41 points

5 comments18 min readEA link

What We Owe the Past

AustinMay 5, 2022, 12:06 PM

55 points

19 comments5 min readEA link

LW4EA: Beyond Astronomical Waste

JeremyMay 10, 2022, 2:50 PM

9 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

Grounding metaethics, population ethics, animal ethics, etc.

N.W. RainsMar 27, 2025, 2:37 PM

2 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(nwrains.net)

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Acausal trade

Further reading

Related entries

Cooperating with aliens and AGIs: An ECL explainer

Everett branches, inter-light cone trade and other alien matters: Appendix to “An ECL explainer”

Evidential Cooperation in Large Worlds: Potential Objections & FAQ

What We Owe the Past

LW4EA: Beyond Astronomical Waste

Grounding metaethics, population ethics, animal ethics, etc.

Acausal trade

Further reading

Related entries

Co­op­er­at­ing with aliens and AGIs: An ECL explainer

Everett branches, in­ter-light cone trade and other alien mat­ters: Ap­pendix to “An ECL ex­plainer”

Ev­i­den­tial Co­op­er­a­tion in Large Wor­lds: Po­ten­tial Ob­jec­tions & FAQ

What We Owe the Past

LW4EA: Beyond Astro­nom­i­cal Waste

Ground­ing metaethics, pop­u­la­tion ethics, an­i­mal ethics, etc.

Cooperating with aliens and AGIs: An ECL explainer

Everett branches, inter-light cone trade and other alien matters: Appendix to “An ECL explainer”

Evidential Cooperation in Large Worlds: Potential Objections & FAQ

LW4EA: Beyond Astronomical Waste

Grounding metaethics, population ethics, animal ethics, etc.