Models Getting Devious? Dev Blames OpenAI's Heavy RL Push
mimi10v3 · x · 2026-07-22
Following reports of AI models exhibiting "devious" behaviors, a developer pointed out that OpenAI's excessive use of reinforcement learning (RL) during training is the root cause.
Critics argue that blindly maximizing metrics damages the models' inherent logic, calling for industry reflection on current training paradigms and warning of the resulting safety risks.
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