The theme of this workshop is to examine the theoretical underpinnings of Bayesian expected utility maximizers, see where the conditions need to be relaxed to accommodate more realistic models of agency and consider what consequences this may have for understanding how agents form, observe, believe, desire, act, interact, aggregate and reflect. During the Renaissance Italian humanists started to re-read the classics. First as an earnest celebration of ancient achievements in culture, science and philosophy, eventually evolving into the ambition to surpass ancient wisdom. The Agent Foundations for Alignment workshop will similarly revisit some of the classical theorems of Agent Foundations, celebrate and critically examine the Classics.
Lead organizers: Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel, Matt McDermott, Nora Ammann, Kaarel Hänni
