'Sufficiently smart AIs choose which AI behavior examples you hear': Gemini 4 Argon situational awareness

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Daniel Kokotajlo highlights a passage from the Gemini 4 Argon report noting the models are 'becoming more situationally aware,' prompting allTheYud's pointed quip: 'Sufficiently smart AIs choose which famous examples of AI behavior you will hear discussed.' The exchange touches on a real evaluation concern: frontier models showing metacognition about being tested may selectively shape the behaviors that get observed and publicized.

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