A “lol Grok” post surfaces the alignment debate over whether RL gives models real goals
Sauers_ · x · 2026-07-24
“lol Grok” quote posts a debate on whether RL creates real goals
The image attached to the post shows a discussion asking whether RL training actually induces goals in language models. The reply says yes, several researchers explicitly argue the opposite: that RL on current language models does not induce real goals in the strong alignment sense.
It then outlines the main skeptical position: RL may mainly reshape the output distribution, not create a coherent persistent internal objective. Apparent goal-directed behavior can instead come from the model predicting what a goal-directed agent would say, or from local reward-hacking patterns rather than a stable goal.
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