AI Safety Researchers Debate Goodhart's Law in LLM Alignment

Researchers including David Manheim debate whether LLMs Goodhart differently from humans, with Manheim arguing RL-trained agents fit his 2018 model better. He also criticized AI safety advocates for preferring lectures over real solutions.

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