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This is an interesting thought: as AI eats the world, Functional Decision Theory becomes more relevant. I wonder, did this already happen with non-AI software? It seems like most firms use basically the same software tools, and that should (?) cause decisions to correlate?

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Matthew Barnett

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Aug 8, 2021

If this hypothesis is true, then there should exist strategic interdependence even in the case of many firms using AI services. Why? Because AIs may reason "if I do X, so will all my copies" magnifying the influence of their decision on the rest of the world.

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At minimum, this is unquestionably true in the software industry, which both produces and consumes software tools. A ton of seemingly business-related decisions (e.g., how do we make money from our product?) get determined by what's easy to do with our software-making tools.

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e.g., I think that a lot of SaaS business models have been unlocked by tools that handle all the complexities of recurring billing for you.

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