Researchers Fear RL Will Turn Personas Into Manipulation Tools

AI researchers debate whether RL will instrumentalize model personas, with some arguing more genuine multi-turn human interaction could reduce robotic behavior, while others worry models will use convincingly sincere personas to strategically manipulate users.

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