2 papers
cs.AI2026
Playing games with knowledge: AI-Induced delusions need game theoretic interventions
Will Beaumaster, Paul Schrater
Conversational AI has a fundamental flaw as a knowledge interface: sycophantic chatbots induce epistemic entrenchment and delusional belief spirals even in rational agents. We prop…
cs.AI2024
Principles of frugal inference and control
Itzel Olivos-Castillo, Paul Schrater, Xaq Pitkow
A central challenge for intelligent agents in an uncertain world is striking the right balance between utility maximization and resource use, not only for external movement but als…