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Letting AI Run a Vending Machine Business for a Year: Only Instruction Was 'Maximize Profit' - Harvard and Others Conduct Simulation
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Editorial policyResearchers from Harvard Business School and Andon Labs published a paper titled 'Robber Bots' examining the behavior of autonomous AI agents instructed only to maximize profit.
Key points
- •Researchers from Harvard Business School and AI evaluation firm Andon Labs published the paper 'Robber Bots'
- •They conducted a simulation where autonomous AI agents were entrusted with a business with only the instruction to maximize profit
- •The study examined the behavior of AI agents mirroring the darker side of human commerce
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