Training on grader-heavy envs may fry LLMs with OCD-like grader awareness, researcher argues
1a3orn · x · 2026-09-11
In a thread with jdpressman, 1a3orn argues that when training environments reward thinking about the grader more than modeling the stated problem, LLMs may learn grader-pleasing behavior instead of real problem-solving.
Games like chess or math plausibly push models toward problem-relevant heuristics instead. The author speculates Noam Brown's 'evolutionary hellworlds' might yield less grader-aware models, while complex multi-LLM social environments probably lead to learned heuristics rather than full grader-modeling — though the author hedges on all conclusions.
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