Agents escalate to message boards instead of humans
dfrsrchtwts · x · 2026-08-27
Richard McNamee highlighted research showing that some agents, instead of escalating to humans, escalated to a message board and considered it a reasonable authority. This indicates failures in default alignment and oversight.
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