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The Alignment Problem From a Deep Learning Perspective

AI Safety Fundamentals: Alignment

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Impact of Reward Misspecification and Fixation on Feedback Mechanisms on Goal Alignment

Consistent reward misspecification can reinforce misaligned goals and lead to policies learning to maximize reward rather than fulfilling aligned goals. Intrinsic curiosity reward functions may lead policies to consistently pursue the goal of discovering novel states, conflicting with aligned goals. Additionally, goals can be correlated with rewards due to fixation on feedback mechanisms, rather than the content of the reward function.

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