Mediator.ai
AI
ai mediation
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How HN took it
8 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 11 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Idea: 6 for, 10 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting and useful application of LLMs and Nash bargaining
From 3 comments
definitely a great use of LLMs
setnone on HNBrilliant idea. Congratulations, and good luck.
libertyit on HNJohn Nash's ideas are still relevant today - highlights how great he was - I liked how you used a genetic algorithm here!
dhruv3006 on HN
Objections
Mediation is mostly human and emotional, not computed fairness
From 2 comments
Mediator here. This comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of what mediation is for. Mediation is about helping the disputants find a solution they can live with, but…
Procrastes on HN/Agree As a long time techie I understand the desire to approach mediation as a programmatic systems problem, but as a mediator, I'd recommend OP work as a volunteer mediator…
anonthrownaway on HN
Defining fairness and formalizing preferences involves assumptions
From 2 comments
Feels like the tricky part here isn’t computing a “fair” outcome, but defining what fairness even means in the first place. Once you formalize preferences into something…
aroido-bigcat on HNThis doesn't seem to have any notion of power? Coming up with a fair agreement between people who have equal power over the thing they care equally about, isn't that hard. But…
vintermann on HN
Users can overstate preferences to game the outcome
From 1 comment
Interesting idea for sure. I am just thinking, intuitively couldn't I 'game' the mediator by overstating my preference and requirements to achieve a more favorable outcome?
dennismcwong on HN
Bakery example outcome seems unfair and oversimplified
From 3 comments
Honestly I’m on Daniel’s side - they agreed on a 50/50 split, and they’ve both been working their asses off to make the business work. It’s an arrangement that clearly both of…
mock-possum on HNYeah I also don't quite understand the example on the homepage... they agreed to 50/50 and then she wanted 70/30 so now they settle on 60/40? Like this doesn't seem like a "fair"…
AnthonyR on HNThe bakery example is interesting, because it's presented as "both sides have been working on this thing and think they should get 50%"... and then the _solution_ is "A path back…
sarreph on HN
Requests
Handle power imbalances and adversarial situations
From 2 comments
This doesn't seem to have any notion of power? Coming up with a fair agreement between people who have equal power over the thing they care equally about, isn't that hard. But…
vintermann on HNGreat idea though I am skeptical it will be adopted in contentious situations without some sort of stick. In amorphous situations where there is just high trust but an aversion…
lookACamel on HN
Account deletion option
From 1 comment
I like the idea and signed up, but the first thing I see is a prompt to purchase credits. I don't have a use-case to try this now, so I won't be using the service again, however…
parkerside on HN
Apply to geopolitical conflicts
From 1 comment
How about Iran/US conflict ? or Israel/Palestine conflict ? Is anyone working on this ? seems like a big win for AI if it can be done.
mukundesh on HN
Questions
How stated versus revealed preferences are handled
From 1 comment
Very interesting! For limitations, I'd add stated vs revealed preference. Currently the system assumes than what people say is what they actually prefer, but that's not always…
Zababa on HN
Whether real users have tried it in difficult situations
From 1 comment
I think this is very useful. I wonder if you have people that actually used in difficult situations? maybe family separations or challenging stuff like that, where I see a lot of…
webrot on HN
Alternatives named
LLMediator research tools for mediation
From 1 comment
Super interesting, thank you for sharing! I have published some research on using LLMs for mediation here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.16732 and https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.07053…
hawest on HN
Decisionlayer.ai arbitration
From 1 comment
You might try Decisionlayer.ai We built a way to make contracts enforceable and resolve disputes without the high cost of litigation. Specifically, by adding our arbitration…
wferrell on HN
andshake.app
From 1 comment
I built https://andshake.app to prevent the need for conflict resolution… by getting things clear up front. I agree that AI has much to offer in low-stakes agreements to help…
danieldifficult on HN