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The Open Box game (OB) is a standard Newcomb problem except that the 1st box is open; the player can see whether the 1st box is full or empty before making a boxing decision. There are four possible strategies in the Open Box game:
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This should not be confused with the reasonable policy of updating a strategy in light of new information. Seeing the boxes provides no information that was not already taken into account in the original strategy.
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Eckhardt, W. (2013). The Open Box Game. In: Paradoxes in Probability Theory. SpringerBriefs in Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5140-8_6
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