Roadmap on Incentive Compatibility for AI Alignment and Governance in Sociotechnical Systems

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Main Authors: Zhang, Zhaowei, Bai, Fengshuo, Wang, Mingzhi, Ye, Haoyang, Ma, Chengdong, Yang, Yaodong
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author Zhang, Zhaowei
Bai, Fengshuo
Wang, Mingzhi
Ye, Haoyang
Ma, Chengdong
Yang, Yaodong
author_facet Zhang, Zhaowei
Bai, Fengshuo
Wang, Mingzhi
Ye, Haoyang
Ma, Chengdong
Yang, Yaodong
contents The burgeoning integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into human society brings forth significant implications for societal governance and safety. While considerable strides have been made in addressing AI alignment challenges, existing methodologies primarily focus on technical facets, often neglecting the intricate sociotechnical nature of AI systems, which can lead to a misalignment between the development and deployment contexts. To this end, we posit a new problem worth exploring: Incentive Compatibility Sociotechnical Alignment Problem (ICSAP). We hope this can call for more researchers to explore how to leverage the principles of Incentive Compatibility (IC) from game theory to bridge the gap between technical and societal components to maintain AI consensus with human societies in different contexts. We further discuss three classical game problems for achieving IC: mechanism design, contract theory, and Bayesian persuasion, in addressing the perspectives, potentials, and challenges of solving ICSAP, and provide preliminary implementation conceptions.
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spellingShingle Roadmap on Incentive Compatibility for AI Alignment and Governance in Sociotechnical Systems
Zhang, Zhaowei
Bai, Fengshuo
Wang, Mingzhi
Ye, Haoyang
Ma, Chengdong
Yang, Yaodong
Artificial Intelligence
Computers and Society
Computer Science and Game Theory
Human-Computer Interaction
I.2.m; K.4.m
The burgeoning integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into human society brings forth significant implications for societal governance and safety. While considerable strides have been made in addressing AI alignment challenges, existing methodologies primarily focus on technical facets, often neglecting the intricate sociotechnical nature of AI systems, which can lead to a misalignment between the development and deployment contexts. To this end, we posit a new problem worth exploring: Incentive Compatibility Sociotechnical Alignment Problem (ICSAP). We hope this can call for more researchers to explore how to leverage the principles of Incentive Compatibility (IC) from game theory to bridge the gap between technical and societal components to maintain AI consensus with human societies in different contexts. We further discuss three classical game problems for achieving IC: mechanism design, contract theory, and Bayesian persuasion, in addressing the perspectives, potentials, and challenges of solving ICSAP, and provide preliminary implementation conceptions.
title Roadmap on Incentive Compatibility for AI Alignment and Governance in Sociotechnical Systems
topic Artificial Intelligence
Computers and Society
Computer Science and Game Theory
Human-Computer Interaction
I.2.m; K.4.m
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.12907