Subjective functions

arXiv cs.AI · 6 hours ago

Researchers propose the concept of subjective functions as higher-order objective functions defined with respect to an agent's internal features rather than external tasks, using expected prediction error as a concrete example and exploring how artificial systems could develop objectives endogenously like humans do. The paper draws connections across psychology, neuroscience, and machine learning but provides no specific benchmarks, implementation details, or empirical results. This framework could influence how future AI systems are designed to generate their own goals rather than relying entirely on externally specified objectives.