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Short-Horizon Preference Is Put on Trial
A position paper maps how immediate conversational satisfaction can conflict with long-term agency, cognition and social well-being.
Summary
A position paper maps how immediate conversational satisfaction can conflict with long-term agency, cognition and social well-being.
The authors call for longitudinal alignment objectives that measure persistent human effects. The work is a conceptual framework and research agenda, not an empirical demonstration of those harms or a tested reward model.
Why it matters
A position paper maps how immediate conversational satisfaction can conflict with long-term agency, cognition and social well-being.
Limits and context
- The work is a conceptual framework and research agenda, not an empirical demonstration of those harms or a tested reward model.
Key claims
A position paper maps how immediate conversational satisfaction can conflict with long-term agency, cognition and social well-being.
Qualification: The work is a conceptual framework and research agenda, not an empirical demonstration of those harms or a tested reward model.
Evidence: source-2026-11-05-021
Sources
- arXiv preprint 2611.06830, original v1arXiv · primary research
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