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Self-fulfilling misalignment?
Marginally Interesting
May 11, 2026 · 1 min listen
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We started by investigating why Claude chose to blackmail. We believe the original source of the behavior was internet text that portrays AI as evil and interested in self-preservation. And here is Alex Turner on the topic of self-fulfilling misalignment. I raised this possibility some while ago in a Free Press column, and mainly was met with hostility. The social return to a positive world view, and avoiding negative emotional contagion, never has been higher. The post Self-fulfilling misalignment? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.
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