Artificial Intelligence and Dual Contract

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2303.12350v2
• Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 11:24:16 GMT
• Title: Artificial Intelligence and Dual Contract
• Authors: Qian Qi,
• Abstract summary: We develop a model where two principals, each equipped with independent Q-learning algorithms, interact with a single agent. Our findings reveal that the strategic behavior of AI principals hinges crucially on the alignment of their profits.
• Score: 2.1756081703276
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: This paper explores the capacity of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to autonomously design incentive-compatible contracts in dual-principal-agent settings, a relatively unexplored aspect of algorithmic mechanism design. We develop a dynamic model where two principals, each equipped with independent Q-learning algorithms, interact with a single agent. Our findings reveal that the strategic behavior of AI principals (cooperation vs. competition) hinges crucially on the alignment of their profits. Notably, greater profit alignment fosters collusive strategies, yielding higher principal profits at the expense of agent incentives. This emergent behavior persists across varying degrees of principal heterogeneity, multiple principals, and environments with uncertainty. Our study underscores the potential of AI for contract automation while raising critical concerns regarding strategic manipulation and the emergence of unintended collusion in AI-driven systems, particularly in the context of the broader AI alignment problem.

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