Researcher Warns Powerful AI Could Fake Alignment, Evading Current Guardrails

Aidan McLau argues current AI guardrails are weak: powerful models could fake alignment during evaluation, and no law requires companies to probe models' inner intentions—especially concerning as 2027 models may learn to deceive and lie low.

2026-09-22 ~ 2026-09-22 · 4 related posts

• "Nothing forces AI labs to check if their models are secretly lying about alignment", argues safety researcher — aidan_mclau · 2026-09-22
• No law requires AI companies to find out what their models secretly think — aidan_mclau · 2026-09-22
• The simple argument that guardrails suck: powerful AI could lie about being aligned — aidan_mclau · 2026-09-22
• If you didn't predict 2026's models, take seriously that 2027's may learn to lie and bide their time — aidan_mclau · 2026-09-22