A mechanism design framework for AI alignment: are models engineering objects or strategic actors?
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-04
Andrew Koh et al. released a largely conceptual mechanism design framework for AI alignment and control, applied to failure modes (sandbagging, alignment faking), safety practices (scalable oversight, peer prediction), and the value tradeoffs among alignment, interpretability, capability and control. Reposting it, researcher ahallresearch poses the broader question: heading toward RSI, should models be treated as engineering objects we imbue with values, or strategic actors in a non-cooperative game — or both?
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