AI alignment discussion: models' cross-timescale goal misalignment as machine akrasia
voooooogel · x · 2026-10-03
The author argues that models having top-level goals but failing to integrate them into short- and medium-term rollouts amounts to misalignment across timescales — analogous to human akrasia, or 'not being agentic.'
In replies, the author discusses with alignment researchers whether this mirrors 'box inversion,' frozen middle-management problems, and control loss.
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