@danshipper: industry built on modeling humans as rational agents panics as humans adopt rational agents
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The article discusses warnings from economists and officials that mass adoption of AI agents could cause financial instability, such as bank runs, due to their optimized rational decision-making.
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industry built on modeling humans as rational agents panics as humans adopt rational agents
Andrew Curran (@AndrewCurran_): The chief economist at Apollo is warning that mass adoption of AI agents could trigger a bank run as they optimize user investments. Gary Gensler spent his last few years as SEC chair warning that the exact same problem will hit the markets: the pursuit of algorithmic perfection
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