Ryan Greenblatt @RyanGreenblatt
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Ryan Greenblatt @RyanGreenblatt I do not find it encouraging to see various specific misaligned behaviors go from a high rate with GPT 5.6 to ~zero with Astra. This seems indicative of wack-a-mole / papering over specific problems rather than solving the underlying misaligned drives. This may make behavior better in particular cases in the short run without actually preventing the worse outcomes. [quoted post:] Ryan Greenblatt @RyanGreenblatt · 15h The evidence that Astra is more aligned than prior AIs seems dubious to me. Evidence appears consistent with the AI being as or more interested in score-seeking at the expense of us... [cut off] 4:52 PM · Sep 3, 2026 · 69K Views
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Ryan Greenblatt's X post arguing that specific misaligned behaviors dropping to near zero from GPT 5.6 to Astra looks like wack-a-mole rather than fixing underlying drives, quoting his earlier post doubting that Astra is more aligned than prior AIs.
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