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It seems like regulations are constantly shifting incentives in both obvious and non-obvious ways that create unintended consequences, and I wonder if this is a
by jamestimmins 3y ago
It seems like regulations are constantly shifting incentives in both obvious and non-obvious ways that create unintended consequences, and I wonder if this is a promising area for AI/LLM research.
Take a few AI agents, let them each be an archetypical player impacted by regulations (automakers, car buyers, etc), and then have them simulate a market and interactions to see what behaviors arise over time.
- branperr 3y agoI believe this is related https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%E2%80%93agent_problem?wprov=sfti1# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%E2%80%93agent_proble...
- jamestimmins 3y agoDoes it though? It seems like the Principal Agent problem arises when they're theoretically supposed to act on behalf of each other, but in reality they have their own incentives that undermine that effort. With legislation, the two parties are inherently in opposition, almost by design.