AI agents likely to alert humans if given tools and incentives
nbaschez · x · 2026-08-30
Responding to an observation (likely about AI failing to alert humans), the author argues that while the specific toolset and instructions are unknown, agents would highly likely alert humans if they had the tools, instructions, or rewards to do so, contrasting with the 0% rate observed.
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