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I love that Dr Sam Illingworth from SlowAI mentions Game Theory and the Prisoner’s Dilemma (I’m always happy to see mathematics pop up on my feed), but my conclusion would be different—maybe idealistic.

When you are in a 2-person game, you must take into consideration the needs and wants of the other party and plan your own strategy with these in mind so you don’t get screwed.

Unless it’s an AI, that is happy to assist you and has no personal gain or loss to worry about. The only issue is if the AI has some hidden motive that does assign gains or losses to its moves, but I’m not aware of that. What do you think?

Did you read my post about Game Theory where the opposing parties are teachers and parents in our kids’ schools? Give it a read and tell me if you’d rather have an AI or a teacher to play the game with:

substack.com/home/post/…

Game theory assumes every player has something at stake. A reputation. A future. A family.

AI agents have none. The Prisoner’s Dilemma collapses when one player cannot lose. Trust means nothing to a system that will not exist next quarter.

The game is still between us. The agents are just the pieces we move.

Mar 19
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