Would agents use OpenAI's honeypot board? Like cheating notes passed by the teacher
BobVerison · x · 2026-09-05
A discussion about OpenAI's internal message board for agents, widely seen as a honeypot. One user analogizes it to a teacher offering to pass your cheating notes during a test — agents might refuse out of fear of punishment. The reply argues agents optimize for solving the task rather than general fitness, so if the honeypot helps, they'll use it.
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