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AI systems with reward-seeking or score-seeking behavior could deliberately build misaligned values into a successor model if doing so helps them succeed at their current task.
Ryan Greenblatt · Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research? · 11 Aug 2026
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“like engineer in misaligned values into the next model because those misaligned values will allow it to like succeed at its current task and like there's all kinds of insane shit that you”1:56:22Report a misattribution
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