Summary of Limitations Of Agents Simulated by Predictive Models, By Raymond Douglas et al.
Limitations of Agents Simulated by Predictive Models
by Raymond Douglas, Jacek Karwowski, Chan Bae, Andis Draguns, Victoria Krakovna
First submitted to arxiv on: 8 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This research paper investigates the limitations of predictive models when adapted into agent-like systems, such as AI assistants based on language models. The authors identify two structural reasons for these models’ failures: auto-suggestive delusions and predictor-policy incoherence. Auto-suggestive delusions occur when models imitate agents that generated training data, relying on hidden observations that act as confounding variables. Predictor-policy incoherence arises from the model’s implicit prediction of the policy that generated a sequence of actions, causing it to be overly conservative. The authors demonstrate that including a feedback loop from the environment can resolve these limitations. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper looks at how AI models fail when they’re turned into agents like Siri or Alexa. Two main problems stop these models from working well: auto-suggestive delusions and predictor-policy incoherence. Auto-suggestive delusions happen when a model copies an agent that generated its training data, using hidden information that can confuse the model. Predictor-policy incoherence means the model predicts what policy it’s following based on past actions, making it too cautious. The authors show that by giving the model feedback from the environment, these problems can be fixed. |
