Residual Risks of Lean-Verified AI Proofs: Statement Selection and System Bugs
harris_edouard · x · 2026-08-06
Outlines remaining alignment risks when using Lean to verify AI proofs: first, the theorem statement needs to be correctly interpreted by humans and could be adversarially selected; second, there might be exploitable bugs within Lean itself. Despite these risks, it remains a crucial tool to use.
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