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Principal-Agent Problems

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Applied to How could AIs 'see' each other's source code? by Gunnar_Zarncke 11d ago
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Applied to Conservative Agency with Multiple Stakeholders by TurnTrout 2y ago
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jimrandomh v1.1.0Nov 9th 2020 (+159) 2

A Principal-Agent Problem is when a decision is delegated to an agent, and the agent is incentivized to make choices other than those the principal would want.

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Applied to Superintelligence 13: Capability control methods by Gyrodiot 3y ago
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Applied to What can the principal-agent literature tell us about AI risk? by Gyrodiot 3y ago
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Applied to Principals, agents, negotiation, and precommitments by Gyrodiot 3y ago
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Applied to The Alignment-Competence Trade-Off, Part 1: Coalition Size and Signaling Costs by Raemon 3y ago
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Created by Raemon at 3y