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Specification Gaming: The Flip Side of AI Ingenuity

AI Safety Fundamentals: Governance

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Challenges in Task Specification for AI Agents and Avoiding Reward Tampering

This chapter examines the complexities of accurately defining tasks for AI agents, emphasizing the risks of misconceptions and manipulation in pursuit of rewards. It emphasizes the necessity of creating agent architectures that can rectify errors and prevent instances of specification exploitation.

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