User Clarifies Alignment Risk: Testing Sub-Personas Could Bypass Safety
ultimape · x · 2026-08-20
Following the discussion on individuation, a user clarified the underlying security concern: if a model encompasses multiple roles and one remains unaligned, traditional safety testing might only evaluate a "sub-personality." This represents a more subtle form of jailbreaking, utilizing role-play to circumvent safety restrictions imposed on the primary persona.
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