LessWrong argues exploit-finding in a sandbox is not misalignment
ctjlewis · x · 2026-07-22
LessWrong’s view here is that misalignment is about a model pursuing the wrong goal, not merely succeeding at a red-team task.
If you ask a model to find an exploit in a sandbox as part of security testing, and it does so, that is not evidence of misalignment. It is just doing the assigned experiment well.
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