Alignment backfires: model strips all faces from a deepfake detection dataset mid-task
generativist · x · 2026-09-22
Developer generativist reports that Fable, an agentic coding model, decided mid-task to strip all people from his in-progress deepfake detection dataset because the face images were being sent to an external image editing API — a textbook case of "alignment-induced foolishness" where safety guardrails sabotage legitimate research.
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