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Specification gaming

"AI systems game specifications [305]. For example, in 2017 an OpenAI robot trained to grasp a ball via human feedback from a xed viewpoint learned that it was easier to pretend to grasp the ball by placing its hand between the camera and the target object, as this was easier to learn than actually grasping the ball [103]."

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AI Risk7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations7.1 > AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or values3 - Other

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Domain7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations
Subdomain7.1 > AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or values
Entity2 - AI
Intent1 - Intentional
Timing3 - Other
CategoryHarm caused by unaligned competent systems
SubcategorySpecification gaming

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