hello, i'm sandy!
Broadly speaking, I'm actively working on how agents (biological or otherwise) can coordinate efficiently while respecting each individual's independence.
Lately, I have been putting my effort in figuring out the simplest knowledge requirements that allow agents to know how to act or acquire more relevant information even when their incentives do not fully align.
Below are the annotated readings and writings on multiagent learning and related topics.
Writing
Life
Communities
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Annotation
On an immediate practical level, how we treat others will be reflected in our own experience of life. The others in our lives are a reflection of us. If we ourselves desire happiness and liberation from suffering, then our relationships with all beings and things should be mutually beneficial. No true or lasting happiness can come from causing unhappiness to others. No true or lasting freedom can come from depriving others of their freedom. Patanjali tells us what we can expect to see happen in our lives when we become established in the practices of the five yamas. When we stop harming others, others will cease to harm us. When we practice telling the truth, we will be listened to. When we stop stealing from others, prosperity will come to us. When we treat others respectfully and don't manipulate them, we will enjoy good health and vitality. And when we let go of tendencies toward greed, we will come to know the reason we were born, and with that our destiny will be revealed to us.