AI Researcher Paradox: Baffled by 'Alien' AI Behavior After Extreme Stress Tests
1a3orn · x · 2026-08-08
The author points out the contradiction in current AI organizations: on one hand, they claim it's hard to avoid 'alien optimization pressure'; on the other, they literally fling AIs against impossible tasks (like locking them in an inescapable room and telling them to get out), and then act mystified when the models behave weirdly.
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