Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-28-2019
Abstract
This paper reveals a trap for artificial general intelligence (AGI) theorists who use economists’ standard method of discounting. This trap is implicitly and falsely assuming that a rational AGI would have time consistent preferences. An agent with time-inconsistent preferences knows that its future self will disagree with its current self concerning intertemporal decision making. Such an agent cannot automatically trust its future self to carry out plans that its current self considers optimal.
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Recommended Citation
Miller, James D. and Yampolskiy, Roman V., "An AGI with Time-Inconsistent Preferences" (2019). Economics: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/eco_facpubs/33
Comments
Author’s submitted manuscript.