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Why study alignment interventions on pre-RL checkpoints? — LessWrong

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This is a dual post that lays out our current research project where we compare pre-RL-training methods on their ability to prevent models from ‘prot…

x Why study alignment interventions on pre-RL checkpoints? — LessWrong AI Frontpage 64 Why study alignment interventions on pre-RL checkpoints? by Edward James Young , Puria , Cam 8th Jul 2026 7 min read 1 64 This is a dual post that lays out our current research project where we compare pre-RL-training methods on their ability to prevent models from ‘ proto-training gaming ,’ which we predict is selected for over the course of production RL post-training. In this post, we outline what we mean by pre-RL ‘alignment checkpoints’, give our reasons for focussing on these stages of training, and su

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