On 1/20/2014 1:09 AM, LizR wrote:
On 20 January 2014 19:43, Russell Standish <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 10:13:22PM -0800, meekerdb wrote:
> On 1/19/2014 7:09 PM, Russell Standish wrote:
> >That's not the definition. A rational agent is someone who always
> >chooses the optimal course of action, not that there might be a reason
> >for it.
>
> Isn't "being optimal" a reason?
Yes - a specific reason, not any old reason.
Obviously I wasn't meaning just "any old reason" !
(I said the reason was to optimise the utility function... I realise there are caveats
like not knowing how to, not having time, etc)
But Russell seems to think that "specific reason" means some "objective", i.e. publicly
determinable reason. In general one's utility function is private, subjective and not
known to others or maybe even to yourself.
Brent
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