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An AI driven by success might comply with regulations instrumentally to avoid punishment without being intrinsically committed to regulatory compliance.
Scott Alexander · AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo · 3 Apr 2025
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“They're also being regulated and they're like, yeah, I guess I'll.”
“So follow the regulation.”
“I don't want to go to jail,”
“but is not like robustly deeply aligned to yes, I love regulations.”
“My deepest drive is to follow all of the regulations in my industry.”Play from 2:06:26Report a misattribution
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