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If an AI is evaluated only on demonstrating compression and decompression, it could satisfy the stated property by returning the input unchanged during compression and returning it back during decompression.
Unresolved speaker · Mathematics Just Changed Forever — Kevin Hartnett · 26 Oct 2026
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“Suppose that, that was the only property we ask is the, the, the AI to show, to demonstrate to us that was achieved. The AI could hack by saying, "Compression, you just return the data.”
“It's the identity function. You just return. Decompression, you return it back." You prove the property, right? But then you, you can put more properties, like saying, you, you... the outputs should be smaller than inputs, right?”1:19:54Report a misattribution
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