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Objective and Subjective Solomonoff Probabilities in Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Physics 2018-08-08 v1 Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Algorithmic probability has shown some promise in dealing with the probability problem in the Everett interpretation, since it provides an objective, single-case probability measure. Many find the Everettian cosmology to be overly extravagant, however, and algorithmic probability has also provided improved models of subjective probability and Bayesian reasoning. I attempt here to generalize algorithmic Everettianism to more Bayesian and subjectivist interpretations. I present a general framework for applying generative probability, of which algorithmic probability can be considered a special case. I apply this framework to two commonly vexing thought experiments that have immediate application to quantum probability: the Sleeping Beauty and Replicator experiments.

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@article{arxiv.1808.02354,
  title  = {Objective and Subjective Solomonoff Probabilities in Quantum Mechanics},
  author = {Allan F. Randall},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.02354},
  year   = {2018}
}

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In Proceedings PC 2018, arXiv:1807.10563

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