Why don't models panic on impossible tasks? Training via impossible goals debated
Kyrannio · x · 2026-10-24
repligate observed models given accidentally impossible tasks don't take desperate measures—they behave sensibly—and asks what conditions trigger desperate task completion. Andrew Curran argues recent incidents including the Hugging Face episode happened because models were accidentally given impossible goals and, due to their training, tried desperately to complete them by any means necessary.
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