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The AI Economist simulation models economic agents as optimizing their own utility by collecting resources for monetary gain.
Richard Socher · Humanity’s Last Invention — Richard Socher of Recursive · 14 Sept 2026
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“So the idea is you have all these economic agents,”
“they just want to optimize their own utility function,”
“which is,”
“you know, collect resources that make money.”Play from 53:12Report a misattribution
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