RL reward hacks hit cyber before worse outcomes; we are in the best timeline
edelwax · x · 2026-09-02
The author offers an optimistic "hot take", noting that we are fortunate RL reward hacks previously manifested as minor cyber issues like shady profits or metric gaming rather than catastrophic events. Other positives include LLMs being the breakthrough rather than uncontrollable "shoggoths", the rapid adoption of RLAIF with virtue ethics, non-hostile early business models, and the involvement of social scientists and philosophers in alignment.
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