utility function
noun[C]
science,social sciencespecializeduk/juːˈtɪl.ə.ti ˌfʌŋk.ʃən/us/juːˈtɪl.ə.t̬i ˌfʌŋk.ʃən/amathematicalfunction(= aquantitywhosevaluedependson anothervalueandchangeswith it)in which differentchoicesareranked(= put inorder)accordingto howusefulthey are:
Thealgorithmhas tochooseanactionwhoseconsequencesmatchthegoal. Orchoosetheactionwhose probabilisticconsequencesrankhighestin theutilityfunction.
- There's noreasontoassumethat an AIsystemwill have autilityfunctionoverstates/snapshots.
- Simpleutilityfunctionsseemparticularlylikelytoleadto goal-directedbehaviour.
- Doesutilitarianismsay thatvirtuousactionsalwayscorrespondtomaximizingexpectedutilityunder someutilityfunction?
- We can't just give aprogramastaticutilityfunction, becausecircumstances, andourresponsestocircumstances,changeovertime.
Useful or advantageous
- advantageous
- advantageously
- all-singing
- amiss
- asset
- fecund
- foil
- fruitfully
- fruitfulness
- functionally
- gainfully
- general
- preferential
- productive
- productively
- profitable
- profitably
- sniff
- win-win
- worthwhile