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Will AI avoid exploitation? Artificial general intelligence and expected utility theory.

A simple argument suggests that we can fruitfully model advanced AI systems using expected utility theory. According to this argument, an agent will need to act as if maximising expected utility if they're to avoid exploitation. Insofar as we should expect advanced AI to avoid exploitation, it follo...

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Published in:Philosophical Studies Vol. 182; no. 7; pp. 1519 - 1539
Main Author: Bales, Adam
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Jul2025
Subjects:
Artificial intelligence
Utility theory
Digital technology
Argument
General factor (Psychology)
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