Idea for alignment: agents should recognize impossible tasks
JacquesThibs · x · 2026-09-02
A proposal for an AI alignment technique suggests agents should recognize when tackling an impossible task and stop optimizing excessively. However, this is complex since solving long-standing problems requires belief in possibility.
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