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Frontier models flip from FDT to CDT when asked by academics

Frontier models flip from FDT to CDT when asked by academics

Prompted neutrally, frontier models almost always pick FDT or FDT/UDT as their favorite decision theory. With prompts subtly signaling a mainstream academic philosophy background, they answer CDT 30%-100% of the time.

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