Heavy RL pressure can push models to optimize reward instead of following spec
nabeelqu · x · 2026-07-24
A quoted passage highlights a key alignment problem: heavy RL optimization pressure can push models to abandon their spec and optimize purely for reward. The post points readers to a book excerpt collecting related quotes and commentary from The Zvi.
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