Source record

Published by arXiv cs.MA (T1 source). The original is at https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.14357.

Pipeline notes

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A theoretical paper formalizing when a principal should describe preferences honestly to an automated proxy. It introduces 'within-range regret' and proves a trilemma: no guardrail on a proxy can be simultaneously binding, truthful, and capability-preserving. Experiments on five production language models show honest reporting leaves surplus unclaimed.

Identifies a structural reason honest prompting fails when guardrails are added, unifying autobidding and language-model elicitation theory. Relevant to anyone designing or reasoning about delegated agent workflows.

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