Promises, Poker Faces and the Arms Race of Autonomous Agents

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titlePromises, Poker Faces and the Arms Race of Autonomous Agents
start_date2013/03/22
schedule17h30
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detailsSpecial ICN seminar. Host: Geraint Rees
summaryReverse-engineering, an autonomous agent—capable of making and keeping a promise, signing a contract, protecting itself from manipulation—uncovers the role of limited strategic unpredictability and vulnerability.  Nothing so far uncovered by neuroscientists suggests that normal human beings cannot be autonomous, responsible agents. Recent declarations that neuroscience shows that "free will is an illusion" are based on several simple mistakes.
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