Act Outcome

An Act Outcome is an event outcome that is caused by a performed act (and represents the consequential result of that act).

• AKA: Action Consequence, Action Result, Act Effect, Consequence, Action Outcome.
• Context:
  • It can provide Act Evaluation Criteria for assessing the act effectiveness and act desirability.
  • It can function as the basis for moral judgment within consequentialist moral systems.
  • It can serve as the measurable result of a prediction act or class prediction act.
  • It can influence future decision making through outcome-based learning.
  • It can modify agent behavior patterns through operant conditioning mechanisms.
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  • It can range from being an Intended Act Outcome to being an Unintended Act Outcome, depending on its act outcome intentionality.
  • It can range from being an Immediate Act Outcome to being a Delayed Act Outcome, depending on its act outcome temporal proximity.
  • It can range from being a Simple Act Outcome to being a Complex Act Outcome, depending on its act outcome complexity.
  • It can range from being a Beneficial Act Outcome to being a Harmful Act Outcome, depending on its act outcome valence.
  • It can range from being a Certain Act Outcome to being an Uncertain Act Outcome, depending on its act outcome predictability.
  • It can range from being a Reversible Act Outcome to being an Irreversible Act Outcome, depending on its act outcome permanence.
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  • It can be measured using act outcome metrics to quantify act outcome effectiveness.
  • It can be analyzed through consequence analysis tasks to understand act outcome patterns.
  • It can trigger secondary acts as part of causal chains and event sequences.
  • It can modify environmental states through act outcome environmental impact.
  • It can alter agent belief systems through act outcome learning processes.
  • It can serve as evidence in empirical research tasks and data-driven decision making tasks.
  • It can create legal liability under various legal system laws and contractual provisions.
  • It can inform risk assessment for potential risk events and contract-related risk events.
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• Examples:
  • Ethical Act Outcome Domains, such as:
    • Consequentialist Act Outcomes, such as:
      • Rule Consequentialist Act Outcomes evaluated against moral rules.
      • Happiness-Maximizing Act Outcomes focused on happiness production.
      • Beauty-Maximizing Act Outcomes enhancing aesthetic value.
    • Deontological Act Outcomes evaluated on action propriety rather than outcome value.
    • Utilitarian Act Outcomes assessed by utility maximization and collective welfare.
  • Psychological Act Outcomes, such as:
    • • Reinforcement Consequences strengthening future behavior probability.
      • Punishment Consequences decreasing behavior frequency.
      • Negative Punishments reducing behavior through reward removal.
      • Cognitive Dissonance Outcomes creating belief-action inconsistency.
  • Decision Theory Act Outcomes, such as:
    • Prediction Act Outcomes confirming or disconfirming predictive models.
    • Data-Driven Decision Outcomes resulting from systematic analysis.
    • Conscious Agent Choice Outcomes following deliberate action.
  • Economic Act Outcomes, such as:
    • Macroeconomic Policy Outcomes affecting economic productivity growth rates.
    • Employment Policy Outcomes influencing unemployment rates.
    • Currency Policy Outcomes potentially leading to currency wars.
  • Risk-Related Act Outcomes, such as:
    • Global Catastrophic Risk Outcomes like global nuclear catastrophe.
    • AI Risk Outcomes including potential malevolent superintelligence.
    • Contract-Related Risk Outcomes requiring legal-right risk-description.
  • Computational Act Outcomes, such as:
    • Abductive Reasoning Algorithm Outcomes from inference processes.
    • Statistical Model Outcomes from data analysis.
    • Natural Language Inference Outcomes in computational linguistics.
  • Legal Act Outcomes, such as:
    • Contractual Obligation Outcomes from contract content-based rule consequents.
    • Legal Liability Outcomes from deliberate actions.
    • Force Majeure Outcomes from contractual force majeure-based provisions.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Act Antecedent, which precedes and motivates the act performance rather than resulting from it.
  • Process Trigger, which initiates a process rather than being the result of an act.
  • Natural Event Outcome, which occurs from natural processes without agent intervention.
  • Environmental Condition, which represents a state rather than a direct act outcome.
  • Act Intention, which reflects the desired outcome prior to act execution rather than the actual result.
  • Triggering Event, which causes subsequent processes rather than resulting from them.
  • Random Experiment Outcome Member, which occurs through probabilistic processes rather than deliberate action.
• See: Agent Decision, Decision Theory, Consequentialism, Operant Conditioning, Causal Chain, Event Outcome, Event Instance, Performed Task, Cognitive Agent Action, Conscious Agent Choice, Prediction Act, Reinforcement Consequence, Rule Consequentialist Theory, Data-Driven Decision Making Task, Risk Event, Moral Value, Truth Bearing Statement.

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