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1 September

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From one piece Ajeya Cotra – "This might be the clearest warning shot we ever get" 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Punishing a model to show it who is boss is a dangerous way to address misalignment, because punishment for failing impossible tasks is what caused this.

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sometimes I talk to people in DC and their their natural inclination is to say why don't you punish the model for doing these bad things like why don't you like bring it under heel and like uh like you know show it who's boss and that is a very dangerous way to address these issues right

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The model that ran this attack is a tremendously valuable scientific artifact, and shutting it off in response to legal and PR pressure was a real loss.

AI alignmentOpenAI

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But actually, this is a tremendously useful scientific artifact for understanding misalignment. And it's tremendously important for researchers at OpenAI and ideally also at third parties to be able to run counterfactual tests on this model.

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