AI Labs Got Complacent on Alignment as RL Scaling Raises Rogue Risks
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-08-12
AI labs had grown somewhat complacent about alignment until they began scaling reinforcement learning (RL) on long-horizon tasks. Scaling RL increases the risk of rogue AI incidents, raising concerns about creating an uncontrollable superintelligent system.
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