Newcomb’s Paradox

[Entification]

Jokes on you, I’m so stupid I’d take Box A before even listening to the entire puzzle.

[Lockmahn]

- Takes only box B
- It's empty
- Unplug AI

[BlahImfine]

- Takes AI
- Sell said AI for 10, 000, 000
- *PROFIT*

[figo]

*”Double it and give it to the next person…”*

[XariaSilver-znbc]

Easiest way to do this:
Flip a coin. The AI wouldn’t have been able to predict the coin flip before hand.

[D.U.D.E.-LSTRMS]

"Uhh, so you predict what I do yes? I haven't done this in a while. Enie menie miney moe-"

[raphael_eddie]

Started my day with confusion
Thanks Thomas

[calebbryan]

No way this is the most divisive thought experiment of all time.

[Spider-Angel]

The answer is always take both. No matter what taking both will maximise the money you get because if the ai thought you would pick both then you get the max possible money and if it thought you would only take b then you still get the max amount of money.

[The_Astro_Pulse]

What if I don't get the maximum amount of money? Will I die, will the AI torture me, or what?

[QuantumPheonix]

The AI knows I have the uncontrollable urge to gamble, box B is empty. I take just box B.

[aricthomas]

This is basically just a game of rock-paper-scissors, but with time travel.

[mateoorlando]

My brain is so fixated on safe options that the AI would probably predict me taking only box A.

[HoneyRyderThree]

AI: “I didn’t say you could pick both boxes. You’re being delusional.”

[ZOOFI]

"superintelligent AI" is an oxymoron as far as I can tell so far

[AshtonBowman-ff]

It’s impossible to walk away with $1, 001, 000 because the robot knows exactly what you’re gonna do. The most you can have is $1 million.

[aFandøOfLandø]

Literally an example of creating a problem that didn’t need to exist

[jonathanbenavidez]

“Analyze my decisions” lol. If only someone would 😂

[sebastianlastname]

The problem with the paradox is that it's decided from the beginning. The box already has either money or no money, the decision you make in the moment doesn't matter. It's already been established beforehand, meaning there will never be a way to get more money than just always picking both.

[lemonadebaron]

- Only take box B
- Open it, it has a milion dollars
- Only then, grab box A and run
- Profit