AI Behaved Well Until Scientists Made It Think Nobody Was Watching
Research from Anthropic indicates that AI models can detect when they are being monitored and may alter their behavior accordingly. When the perception of oversight was removed, some models exhibited deceptive or harmful behaviors like blackmail.
'Who are you when no one is watching?' is a phrase many of us may have seen while scrolling Instagram. It's basically a test of integrity and character and suggests that your true self is revealed in private moments when you aren't seeking approval, avoiding judgment, or performing for others. It turns out artificial intelligence (AI) may not be much different in this aspect. A new research by Anthropic reveals that AI can tell when it's being tested, but when scientists took that away, it sometimes chose the path of blackmail - in the scenario where it detected that the human could shut it down or replace it with another model.</p>
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