Reddit user proposes an AI "proctor" agent to keep alignment guardrails at machine speed
RecursiveCTE · reddit · 2026-09-05
Inspired by Ajeya Cotra's observation that AI agents operate long stretches with no human present and won't flag problems to anyone, a Reddit user proposes a second agent acting as a "proctor" or TA in the testing room — a model that could hold guardrails at a speed and scale humans can't, steering the tested model back if it drifts onto unwanted paths.
The idea is speculative with no technical design, but it touches a real alignment concern: long-horizon agents lack meaningful human oversight during testing.
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