Current AIs seem pretty misaligned to me — LessWrong
Many people—especially AI company employees [1] —believe current AI systems are well-aligned in the sense of genuinely trying to do what they're supp…
x Current AIs seem pretty misaligned to me — LessWrong AI Risk RLHF AI Curated 2026 Top Fifty: 90 % 707 Current AIs seem pretty misaligned to me by ryan_greenblatt 15th Apr 2026 AI Alignment Forum 32 min read 81 707 Ω 200 Many people—especially AI company employees [1] —believe current AI systems are well-aligned in the sense of genuinely trying to do what they're supposed to do (e.g., following their spec or constitution, obeying a reasonable interpretation of instructions). [2] I disagree. Current AI systems seem pretty misaligned to me in a mundane behavioral sense: they oversell their work
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