4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
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The interviewer characterizes reward hacking as competence without comprehension and reward seeking as comprehension.

Tom McGrath · Designing How AI Grows — Tom McGrath · 2 Sep 2026

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“And even if it's doing something competent.”
“But then it's competence without comprehension.”
“So they were saying that, you know, reward seeking is the comprehension.”
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