AI RESEARCH
AI Agents and Hard Choices
arXiv CS.AI
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ArXi:2504.15304v2 Announce Type: replace Can AI agents deal with hard choices -- cases where options are incommensurable because multiple objectives are pursued simultaneously? Adopting a technologically engaged approach distinct from existing philosophical literature, I submit that the fundamental design of current AI agents as optimisers creates two limitations: the Identification Problem and the Resolution Problem. First, I nstrate that agents relying on Multi-Objective Optimisation (MOO) are structurally unable to identify incommensurability.