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"AI systems may gain the ability to effectively acquire and use knowledge about itsstatus, its position in the broader environment, its avenues for influencing this environment, and the potentialreactions of the world (including humans) to its actions (Cotra, 2022). ...However, suchknowledge also paves the way for advanced methods of reward hacking, heightened deception/manipulationskills, and an increased propensity to chase instrumental subgoals (Ngo et al., 2024)."
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Included resource
AI Alignment: A Comprehensive Survey
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MIT AI Risk Repository
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