Disrupting the coming robot stampedes: Designing resilient information ecologies

Feldman, Philip Gregory; Dant, Aaron; Lutters, Wayne

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Title

Disrupting the coming robot stampedes: Designing resilient information ecologies

Author(s)

• Feldman, Philip Gregory
• Dant, Aaron
• Lutters, Wayne

Issue Date

2019-03-15

Keyword(s)

• Belief space
• Autonomous vehicles
• Simulation
• Complexity

Date of Ingest

2019-03-05T16:52:58Z

Abstract

Machines are designed to communicate widely and efficiently. Humans, less so. We evolved social structures that function best as small subgroups interacting within larger populations. Technology changes this dynamic, by allowing all individuals to be connected at the speed of light. A dense, tightly connected population can behave like a single agent. In animals, this happens in constrained areas where stampedes can easily form. Machines do not need these kinds of conditions. The very techniques used to design best-of-breed solutions may increase the risk of dangerous mass behaviors among homogeneous machines. In this paper we argue that ecologically-based design principles such as the presence of diversity are a broadly effective strategy to defend against unintended consequences at scale.

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iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2019 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

Conference Paper / Presentation

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/103136

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21900/iconf.2019.103136

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Copyright 2019 Philip Gregory Feldman, Aaron Dant, and Wayne Lutters

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