Performative power
M Hardt, M Jagadeesan… - Advances in Neural …, 2022 - proceedings.neurips.cc
We introduce the notion of performative power, which measures the ability of a firm
operating an algorithmic system, such as a digital content recommendation platform, to …
operating an algorithmic system, such as a digital content recommendation platform, to …
Anticipating performativity by predicting from predictions
C Mendler-Dünner, F Ding… - Advances in neural …, 2022 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Predictions about people, such as their expected educational achievement or their credit
risk, can be performative and shape the outcome that they are designed to predict …
risk, can be performative and shape the outcome that they are designed to predict …
Data feedback loops: Model-driven amplification of dataset biases
R Taori, T Hashimoto - International Conference on Machine …, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
Datasets scraped from the internet have been critical to large-scale machine learning. Yet,
its success puts the utility of future internet-derived datasets at potential risk, as model …
its success puts the utility of future internet-derived datasets at potential risk, as model …
Performative prediction in a stateful world
Deployed supervised machine learning models make predictions that interact with and
influence the world. This phenomenon is called performative prediction by Perdomo et …
influence the world. This phenomenon is called performative prediction by Perdomo et …
Multiplayer performative prediction: Learning in decision-dependent games
Learning problems commonly exhibit an interesting feedback mechanism wherein the
population data reacts to competing decision makers' actions. This paper formulates a new …
population data reacts to competing decision makers' actions. This paper formulates a new …
Alternative microfoundations for strategic classification
M Jagadeesan, C Mendler-Dünner… - … on Machine Learning, 2021 - proceedings.mlr.press
When reasoning about strategic behavior in a machine learning context it is tempting to
combine standard microfoundations of rational agents with the statistical decision theory …
combine standard microfoundations of rational agents with the statistical decision theory …
Who leads and who follows in strategic classification?
As predictive models are deployed into the real world, they must increasingly contend with
strategic behavior. A growing body of work on strategic classification treats this problem as a …
strategic behavior. A growing body of work on strategic classification treats this problem as a …
Regret minimization with performative feedback
M Jagadeesan, T Zrnic… - … on Machine Learning, 2022 - proceedings.mlr.press
In performative prediction, the deployment of a predictive model triggers a shift in the data
distribution. As these shifts are typically unknown ahead of time, the learner needs to deploy …
distribution. As these shifts are typically unknown ahead of time, the learner needs to deploy …
Multi-agent performative prediction with greedy deployment and consensus seeking agents
We consider a scenario where multiple agents are learning a common decision vector from
data which can be influenced by the agents' decisions. This leads to the problem of multi …
data which can be influenced by the agents' decisions. This leads to the problem of multi …
Online performative gradient descent for learning nash equilibria in decision-dependent games
We study the multi-agent game within the innovative framework of decision-dependent
games, which establishes a feedback mechanism that population data reacts to agents' …
games, which establishes a feedback mechanism that population data reacts to agents' …