Top 5 cost (or value) functions
1. Time
2. Space (2d or 3d)
3. Energy or mass (literal)
4. Bits
5. Money
Random multi-dimensional “utility” is haram. Do not take rms of a bunch of variables 🤬
The very concept of abstract “utility” is some sort of communist plot
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Absolutely not 🤬
“Happiness” is a crackpot conspiracy theory
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Not happiness?
(Not that maximizing short run happiness is always ideal, but it should be on the list)
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I will allow densities composed of the top 5 as sort of acceptable. Mass/volume, bits/mass, energy/time etc. Space/time (speed). But avoid if possible.
Edit: for space, 1d is also ok
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Densities are somewhat corrupt because they allow you to be unacceptably vague/abstract about extensive properties and scopes/boundaries, so only he who is without sin may use them.
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Entropy can be expressed as a sort of density (bits/mass or something) so I’ll allow it
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is entropy insufficient as a proxy for utility ?
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The 5 is really 7, since 1, 2, and 3d are distinct.
Those pure enough to use densities actually have access to a whopping 42 densities (!)… just divide any of the 7 by any of the other 6.
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Dividing one of the 7 by itself is a dimensionless cost function, and is allowed by special indulgence, since shady shit can happen
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I mean really what are you doing when you put in dimensioned weight coefficients and taking an rms? You’re fooling yourself that an arbitrary Pareto defined by the weight ratios is meaningful rather than just, like, your opinion that apples matter more than oranges.
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V(x,y)=sqrt(a*c^2+b*y^2) is a religion defined by a and b.
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The one true real utility is valence. The universe's in-built utility function.
opentheory.net/2015/06/effect
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