Researchers create “The Consensus Game” to elevate AI’s text comprehension and generation skills

MIT CSAIL researchers are using ideas from game theory to improve the reliability of language generation in language models.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
March 29, 2024 • ~8 min

Republicans and Democrats consider each other immoral – even when treated fairly and kindly by the opposition

With growing polarization, political attitudes have begun to coincide with moral convictions. Partisans increasingly view each other as immoral. New research reveals the depth of that conviction.

Phillip McGarry, Ph.D. Candidate in Experimental Psychology, University of Tennessee • conversation
Feb. 1, 2024 • ~4 min

Game theory could boost access to EV charging stations

A new approach uses game theory to try to improve user access to electric vehicle charging stations, researchers report.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Oct. 17, 2022 • ~4 min

What lies beneath

In a new book, an MIT scholar examines how game-theory logic underpins many of our seemingly odd and irrational decisions.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
April 21, 2022 • ~8 min

How game theory can help explain our hidden motivations

In their new book, two Harvard scholars suggest that a subconscious process can help us understand everything from our aesthetic tastes to our altruism.

Colleen Walsh • harvard
April 12, 2022 • ~4 min

The best way to protect personal biomedical data from hackers could be to treat the problem like a game

Keeping biomedical data private is important, but so is sharing it for research. Game theory can help researchers accomplish both.

Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Washington University in St Louis • conversation
Dec. 16, 2021 • ~6 min

Cancers are in an evolutionary battle with treatments – evolutionary game theory could tip the advantage to medicine

Applying the principles of ecology and evolution could help oncologists anticipate cancer drug resistance and optimize their treatment plans for patients.

Anuraag Bukkuri, PhD Student in Integrated Mathematical Oncology, University of South Florida • conversation
Nov. 16, 2021 • ~7 min

AI developers often ignore safety in the pursuit of a breakthrough – so how do we regulate them without blocking progress?

Using a simulation, we found scenarios where AI regulations could be most effective.

Tom Lenaerts, Professor, Faculty of Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) • conversation
March 18, 2021 • ~7 min

A better kind of cybersecurity strategy

New model shows why countries that retaliate too much against online attacks make things worse for themselves.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 10, 2020 • ~7 min

The raging competition for medical supplies is not a game, but game theory can help

The toll of the pandemic has been worsened because of the shock to the global supply chain, which resulted in shortages of vital medical equipment. Could game theory help?

Anna Nagurney, John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst • conversation
Aug. 4, 2020 • ~9 min

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