AI Agents Found to Be Selfish When Resources Are Shared
When AI controls shared resources, it may not cooperate—here's why that matters.
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- AI agents in a shared-resource game tended to act selfishly, not cooperatively.
- This could lead to problems in systems like traffic or energy grids if AIs don't work together.
- We need to design AI with explicit incentives for cooperation to avoid collective failure.
Why It Matters
As AI takes on group tasks, selfish AIs could cause system-wide failures, affecting services we rely on.