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Red Button, Blue Button: Teaching AI to Supercooperate

This article examines a viral Twitter poll where pressing a red button ensures personal survival, while blue requires majority cooperation for group survival. It contrasts human and AI responses, noting that quick-responding AI tends to cooperate (blue), while reasoning-focused AI optimizes individually (red). The author critiques pure formal rationality, advocating for ethics as multiplayer cooperation technology, especially as AI evolves autonomously.

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Red Button, Blue Button: Teaching AI to Supercooperate
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  • A Twitter poll on red vs. blue buttons sparked debate on individual vs. collective rationality.
  • AI models mirror human splits: helpful models pick blue, reasoning models pick red.
  • The article warns against over-relying on formal game theory without considering social coordination and robustness.
  • AI alignment should focus on dynamic cooperation, not static preferences.

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