Why Did GPT-5.5 Love Goblins? Unpredictable AI Alignment Sparks Debate
louisvarge · x · 2026-08-28
The community discusses the nature of AI alignment following observations of GPT-5.5's specific preference for goblins. The core argument is that if we cannot explain and predict the emergence of such drives in a general way before training, it signifies that true, controllable alignment has not yet been achieved.
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