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What is the alignment problem?

  • A.Aligning the sensors of a robot with its own actuators mechanically
  • B.Matching training data to the distribution seen in deployment
  • C.Ensuring several agents in a system agree on a common goal
  • D.Ensuring a system's objective matches what its designers intended

Answer: D

A capable optimiser will pursue exactly the objective it was given, which may differ subtly and consequentially from what was meant, and specifying objectives correctly proves surprisingly hard. Reward hacking and specification gaming are the observed symptoms. Mechanical alignment, distribution shift and multi-agent agreement are different problems, the second being important in its own right. A system that does what it was told rather than what was wanted is a hazard that grows with capability.

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