Question
A thought experiment involving a mugger who steals a wallet and promises to return it tomorrow demonstrates inconsistencies in trying to maximize the amount of this concept. For 10 points each:
[10m] Identify this concept. Robert Nozick imagined a “monster” that acquires this concept more readily than everyone else to criticize one theory.
ANSWER: utility [accept utility monster]
[10e] Nick Bostrom developed a thought experiment about maximizing utility titled “[this thinker]’s mugger.” One can maximize their expected utility by believing in God according to a “wager” named for this French thinker.
ANSWER: Blaise Pascal [accept Pascal’s mugger or Pascal’s wager]
[10h] This thought experiment, which has been criticized by Eliezer Yudkowsky, states a superintelligent AI should torture people who knew of it but didn’t help develop it to maximize its utility.
ANSWER: Roko’s basilisk [prompt on partial answer]
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Summary
| 2024 Booster Shot (Columbia) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 20% | 40% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt) | 03/02/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 67% | 100% |
Data
| Toronto Penguin World War | Toronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowl | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Waterloo Bust | Waterloo Cali | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Toronto Pilk | Ottawa | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |