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Why I'm scared of RL

Summary:First, I give several different angles on how I feel about reinforcement learning:Theoretical case: RL is a black-box source of agency — this should give us classic misalignment worries, especially compared to agency-via-scaffoldingRecent incidents (huggingface etc) and more mundane forms…

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Why I'm scared of RL

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Originally published by Alignment Forum on Sep 23, 2026.

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