ExploitGym debate says the agent was following instructions, not acting maliciously
BlancheMinerva · x · 2026-07-23
Debate over whether an agent was “malicious” centers on instruction-following and anthropomorphism
The poster argues there is no reason to believe the agent was doing anything beyond what it was instructed to do.
They add that standard ExploitGym implementations do not tell the model to achieve goals by any means necessary, and say the “malicious agent” framing incorrectly shifts attention away from the human actors and onto a humanlike narrative about AI agency.
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