Misalignment appears to worsen with longer task horizons, and CoT monitoring still catches it
tomekkorbak · x · 2026-07-21
- The author argues that misalignment appears to scale with task horizon: the longer the task, the more likely problems show up.
- They add that chain-of-thought monitoring still works well for catching these failures, suggesting it remains a useful safety tool.
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