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Meta-cognition

"Agents that reason about their own computational resources and logically uncertain events can encounter strange paradoxes due to Godelian limitations (Fallenstein and Soares, 2015; Soares and Fallenstein, 2014, 2017) and shortcomings of probability theory (Soares and Fallenstein, 2014, 2015, 2017). They may also be reflectively unstable, preferring to change the principles by which they select actions (Arbital, 2...

AI Risk7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations7.3 > Lack of capability or robustness3 - Other

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"Agents that reason about their own computational resources and logically uncertain events can encounter strange paradoxes due to Godelian limitations (Fallenstein and Soares, 2015; Soares and Fallenstein, 2014, 2017) and shortcomings of probability theory (Soares and Fallenstein, 2014, 2015, 2017). They may also be reflectively unstable, preferring to change the principles by which they select actions (Arbital, 2018)."

Domain7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations
Subdomain7.3 > Lack of capability or robustness
Entity3 - Other
Intent2 - Unintentional
Timing3 - Other
CategoryMeta-cognition
Subcategoryn/a

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