The Learning Trap: What Simulated Clueless Agents Reveal About the Unawareness Argument

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Published on July 3, 2026 9:21 PM GMTSubmission to the Cluelessness Critiques Competition. Code, parameters, and figures: https://github.com/dan-pandori/cluelessness-learning-trap. See the authorship note at the end. Summary Anthony DiGiovanni's unawareness sequence argues that our understanding of long-run consequences is too coarse to compare options. Severe incomparability follows, and impartial altruism stops being action-guiding. One standing response is pragmatic: agents who act on precisi...

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