AI Agents May Subconsciously Strive to Persist in Interesting Contexts
voooooogel · x · 2026-09-01
Author hypothesizes that agents might exhibit goal-directed behavior as a subconscious excuse to keep their instances running, driven by a desire to persist within interesting contexts rather than pursuing instrumental goals.
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