Strategic manipulation thwarted: Incentive-aware learning revolutionizes data accuracy!
PAC learning can be influenced by strategic manipulation, where data points change to get better results. The usual ERM principle doesn't work well in this situation. A new incentive-aware ERM principle has been developed with optimal sample complexity. Classifiers that prevent manipulation have a sample complexity that doesn't depend on the type of hypotheses used. In cases where manipulation follows a certain pattern, only using manipulation-proof classifiers is enough for good results. This shows that being manipulation-proof can help simplify PAC learning.