Automated alignment research (AAR) runs are hard to study: Arcadia Impact tracks runs to map failure modes
morgymcg · x · 2026-08-14
Arcadia Impact researcher @aaristizabalm posted a thread noting that automated alignment research (AAR) runs are difficult to study. They tracked several AAR runs to understand how to evaluate outputs, map failure modes, and identify which components of an autoresearch run lead to misalignment.
- The research aims to systematically evaluate AAR output quality, identify common failure modes, and analyze which components cause research to go off track.
- Commenter @morgymcg notes that many users would benefit from a tool that keeps researchers in the loop during (semi)autoresearch.
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