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On the correspondence between AI-misalignment and cognitive dissonance using a behavioral economics model

This essay is one of the awarded essays for the Econ Theory AI Alignment Prize from Superlinear. The essay uses the tools of theoretical economics to contribute to the AI alignment problem. Psychologists are familiar with the notion of cognitive dissonance, the discomfort when a person’s behavior conflicts with that...

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On the correspondence between AI-misalignment and cognitive dissonance using a behavioral economics model

Stijn Bruers

This essay is one of the awarded essays for the Econ Theory AI Alignment Prize from Superlinear. The essay uses the tools of theoretical economics to contribute to the AI alignment problem.

Psychologists are familiar with the notion of cognitive dissonance, the discomfort when a person’s behavior conflicts with that person’s beliefs and preferences. Cognitive dissonance is accompanied with seemingly irrational behavior such as motivated reasoning and self-deception. It is basically an example of misalignment: decisions are not aligned with values. In that sense, perhaps cognitive dissonance can shed some light on the AI-alignment problem (Bostrom, 2014): how to create safe artificial intelligence that does things that we (creators, humans, sentient beings) really... (read 1598 more words →)

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On the correspondence between AI-misalignment and cognitive dissonance using a behavioral economics model

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On the correspondence between AI-misalignment and cognitive dissonance using a behavioral economics model