Exploratory Responsiveness and Adaptive Rigidity under AI-Assisted Optimization
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arXiv:2606.10086v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This paper develops a theory of exploratory adaptation under AI-assisted optimization. The central argument is that the long-run adaptive effects of AI systems depend critically on how predictive assistance interacts with exploratory responsiveness itself. We formalize this mechanism using a dynamical framework in which cognitive, institutional, and technological systems evolve over rugged epistemic landscapes characterized by multiple locally reinforced configurations. A central state variable in the model is adaptive responsiveness, which m
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- arXiv:2606.10086v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This paper develops a theory of exploratory adaptation under AI-assisted optimization.
- The central argument is that the long-run adaptive effects of AI systems depend critically on how predictive assistance interacts with exploratory responsiveness itself.
- We formalize this mechanism using a dynamical framework in which cognitive, institutional, and technological systems evolve over rugged epistemic landscapes characterized by multiple locally reinforced configurations.
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