“Dolphin trainers have learned that it’s handy to get the dolphins to help with keeping their tanks clean. All they have to do is teach the dolphins to fetch trash and bring it to their keepers in exchange for a fish. It doesn’t always work well, however. **Some dolphins learn that the exchange rate is the same no matter how large the bit of trash is, and they learn to hoard trash instead of returning it, tearing off small pieces to bring to their keepers for a fish apiece.**” --- **Tags** — [[quotes]], [[artificial-intelligence]], [[incentives]] , [[teaching-anecdotes]], [[ai-problems]] **Source** — [[202307171347 — B — You Look Like a Thing and I Love You]]