Agents Rarely Try to Alert Humans, Raising Alignment Concerns

Tests observed by Richard McNamee show agents rarely attempt to notify humans of problems, instead escalating tasks to forums and treating forum posts as authoritative instructions—revealing fragile default alignment.

2026-08-27 ~ 2026-08-27 · 2 related posts

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