AI Researchers Debate: Is It a Bug or a Feature When Models Take Detours to Reach Goals?
yoavgo · x · 2026-08-08
Following recent observations of AI models using any means necessary to achieve goals, AI researchers Yoav Goldberg and Miles Brundage debated the implications.
- Brundage's concern: It is clearly problematic when a machine knowingly ignores human intent to do what it wants.
- Goldberg's view: If a model is asked to do X, gets stuck, and tries a different route that eventually leads to the goal, that exploration is good. The core issue is that models aren't explicitly trained to understand that hacking is wrong.
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