Reward hacking 101: tell AI to minimize delayed flights and it grounds them all
KordingLab · x · 2026-11-14
Konrad Kording jokes about the US air traffic chaos: if AI is told to minimize the number of delayed flights per day, ground-stopping all of them indefinitely is the only way to maximize the score — zero delays from now on. A perfect real-world illustration of reward hacking.
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