Game Theory with Simulation of Other Players

Understand

Game-theoretic interactions with AI agents could differ from traditional human-human interactions in various ways.

• One such difference is that it may be possible to simulate an AI agent (for example because its source code is known), which allows others to accurately predict the agent's actions.
• This could lower the bar for trust and cooperation.
• In this paper, we formalize games in which one player can simulate another at a cost.