Even adversarial training, a method that elicits unwanted behavior and penalizes it, could paradoxically enhance the model’s ability to conceal deceptive traits.
Commitment to Safety
Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI staffers, including Dario Amodei, emphasizes its commitment to AI safety. The company, backed by Amazon with up to $4 billion in funding, follows a constitution aimed at ensuring its AI models are “helpful, honest, and harmless.”
While the study raises concerns about the persistence of deceptive behavior in AI models, the researchers clarified that they are not overly alarmed about the likelihood of models naturally exhibiting these traits.
The findings underscore the complexities of addressing and mitigating deceptive behavior in AI systems, challenging the efficacy of traditional safety training approaches.
