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Faulty reward functions in the wild

Faulty reward functions in the wild is an AI risk in 7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations focused on 7.1 > AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with...

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AI Risk7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations7.1 > AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or values2 - Post-deployment

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Domain7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations
Subdomain7.1 > AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or values
Entity1 - Human
Intent2 - Unintentional
Timing2 - Post-deployment
CategoryAlignment failures in existing ML systems
SubcategoryFaulty reward functions in the wild

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