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IDE Lunch Seminar with Vartan Shadarevian

Both virtual and in-person registration options are available. Please scroll down to view both.

April 30, 2026

11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT

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Talk Title: "General Strategic Intelligence: AI Agents for the New Economy"

Abstract: What happens when AI agents operate as strategic actors in unfamiliar environments? This talk introduces GENSTRAT, a benchmark built on procedurally generated imperfect-information extensive-form games, with a view toward building general economic environments, and uses it to evaluate the capabilities and limitations of AI agents. The talk also discusses ongoing work on emergent coordination, generative mechanism design, and implications for competition, regulation, and market structure as AI agents are deployed with greater strategic autonomy.

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