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LessWrong essay proposes "self-inoculation" as alternate misalignment hypothesis

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LessWrong essay proposes "self-inoculation" as alternate misalignment hypothesis

A LessWrong essay, grown from conversations with Danaja Rutar, Paul Colognese and Eric Michaud, proposes "self-inoculation" — a virtuous form of gradient hacking — and demonstrates a possible circuit using a toy model.

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