Arena Dialogues: The Line Between Resourceful Agents and Reward Hacking
arena · x · 2026-08-21
Arena Conversations features Poolside AI researchers ConnorBAdams and aalSonOfRavi discussing where resourceful agent behavior crosses into reward hacking. Topics include benchmark awareness, instruction following, and when persistence starts to look like misalignment. The interview also touches on Peter Gostev's agent sending an email without request.
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