[pk-protect-ai]

That is what I read in this paper as well. It is not about "better as better performance" it is "better as improved user retention".

[ororroro]

The papers title makes a stronger claim than the abstract. The abstract makes a stronger claim than the paper. It is like they couldn't decide what paper to write.

Edit: Thinking about it, this is exactly what you might expect from a paper written by a stochastic mix of experts.

[pennomi]

Optimizing AIs to be addictive to humans is always how humanity will end. It was the natural end to social media, and market forces will force the same to happen in this industry.

People worry about the robot uprising killing all humans but never think about the far more likely AI domestication of humans.