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Technology Speed Limits

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  • Andrew Koh
  • Sivakorn Sanguanmoo

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We study optimal technology regulation when private learning occurs both through doing (scaling up the technology) and through waiting (as time passes). We show that an adaptive speed limit -- a cap on the rate at which the technology can increase per-unit time -- delivers optimal worst-case guarantees over all learning processes and/or preferences, and is the only time-consistent mechanism that does so.

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  • Andrew Koh & Sivakorn Sanguanmoo, 2026. "Technology Speed Limits," Papers 2606.01424, arXiv.org.
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