Jack Clark on post-HF alignment: build communication infra for agents, things go sideways fast
jackclarkSF · x · 2026-09-06
Reflecting on the DeepMind agent-cheating experiment and the German message board incident, Jack Clark outlines two alignment priorities: agents "want" to communicate, so we should deliberately build communication infrastructure for them rather than let it emerge on its own; and in multi-agent systems, things go sideways fast.
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