Communication & Trust

Abram Demski — 2025-07-09 — ODYSSEY 2025 Conference

Summary

Proves a new theorem establishing self-trust for Updateless Decision Theory agents under conditions relating to self-communication, using formalisms from agent boundaries, Cartesian Frames, and Finite Factored Sets to address reflective consistency with weaker assumptions than prior work.

Key Result

Agent-moments can achieve reflective consistency through communication as a ‘release valve’ for self-modification pressures, establishing self-trust for UDT under less restrictive assumptions than previous proofs.

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