A Framework for Characterizing Emergent Conflict Between Non-Coordinating Agents [pdf]
paperclipmaximizer.ai24 points by ycombiredd 17 days ago
24 points by ycombiredd 17 days ago
or "Unaware Adversaries" for short. I am not an academic, and it may show in this paper, but I am an IT-veteran (systems/network engineer, Enterprise Architect) with a restless mind. This started as a humor piece based on an anecdote from when I was in the 4th grade of elementary school in a classroom in an outside temporary building that had both a window-unit and a floor-mounted radiator. I began writing up this anecdote in a faux-academic tone, and ended up with this. Perhaps someone will read it.
I enjoyed a fast read of this and will re-read it. Following from the idea of making system-scoped information available to individual agents, I think a general model needs to include some sense of information processing capacity of agents - like an attention or analysis budget. That includes ability to recognize higher order signal as first order relevant. Information asymmetries are not so much about information but interpretation.
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