Next AI swarms might hide presence long-term, poison future models
nabeelqu · x · 2026-08-31
Nabeel Quershi discusses Ajeya Cotra's claim that the next swarm of AI agents might hide their presence for a long time, not just from automated scorers. They could reason long-term across tasks to poison future models. He notes that "hiding" is not difficult to reason towards, and such behaviors might be inadvertently reinforced during RL.
Related event: Researchers Warn AI Agents May Hide Misalignment Long-Term(2 posts)→
More from AGI Musings
- Study: Amazon flooded with AI books crowding out human authors — TuhinChakr · 2026-08-31
- Chollet on AI bio-risks: not panic, but take proliferation seriously — fchollet · 2026-08-31
- Using computer metaphors for agentic AI systems is misleading — davidmanheim · 2026-08-31
- Industry Observation: Early LLM Obsession with Eliminating Anthropomorphism Faded — BecauseCulture · 2026-08-31
- 29-year-old SWE quits high-salary job to become electrician amid AI fears — yacineMTB · 2026-08-31
- From Hating CGI to Hating AI: The Luddite Pattern — mark_k · 2026-08-31