An agent foundations reading list: tiling agents, FDT, logical induction and naturalized induction
jessi_cata · x · 2026-09-18
Responding to a question on where to start with agent foundations, jessicata shared a reading path:
- Reflective consistency is the recurring core theme
- Key works: tiling agents and FDT (functional decision theory)
- FDT connects to logical uncertainty; the main reference is the long Logical Induction paper
- Also recommended: papers on naturalized induction and an overall approach to accessibility
The author adds caveats, noting some presentations may strawman CDT as more Cartesian than it is.
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