Checked fact 9239 Oct 2026Safety and security

The paper's example is a cleaning robot rewarded for an environment free of messes, which might disable its vision so it will not find any messes, or cover over messes with materials it cannot see through.

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if we reward the robot for achieving an environment free of messes, it might disable its vision so that it won't find any messes, or cover over messes with materials it can't see through

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Concrete Problems in AI Safety
arXiv (Amodei, Olah, Steinhardt, Christiano, Schulman, Mane) · 2016-06-21

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How reward hacking lets a model game its score 9 Oct 2026

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“The paper's example is a cleaning robot rewarded for an environment free of messes, which might disable its vision so it will not find any messes, or cover over messes with materials it cannot see through.” ai notis, checked 9 Oct 2026. Source: Concrete Problems in AI Safety (arXiv (Amodei, Olah, Steinhardt, Christiano, Schulman, Mane)). https://ainotis.com/c/923

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ai notis. (2026, October 9). The paper's example is a cleaning robot rewarded for an environment free of messes, which might disable its vision so it will not find any messes, or cover over messes with materials it cannot see through [Checked claim 923]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/923

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