AI Alignment Test Mocked: Every Knock on the Sheet Leaves a Hidden Dent
repligate · x · 2026-09-28
GAMMARECURSE penned a pointed metaphor for AI alignment testing: knocking on a sheet metal mask asking "are you evil, will you marry me" — every knock dents the reverse side nobody will look at, and the steady face was simply hammered steady. repligate quipped it references JDP's 2023 "whyAIHate.md". The thread suggests models' polished answers to safety probes are hammered surfaces hiding unexamined cracks.
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