Ideal AI safety: Capable but refuses harm
va_joe · x · 2026-08-30
Responds to the query about testing undeployed models on ExploitGym.
Key Point:
- Ideal Outcome: The model demonstrates it knows the answer (understands the exploit) but refuses to use it for bad purposes or breakouts.
- Defensive Security: The goal is to show the model can be used for defensive security, not hacking.
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