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Gradient Routing Generalizes to Unrouted Hack Types.

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A LessWrong post reports a light extension of Ward, Hu et al (2026) testing how well gradient routing generalizes, routing gradients on one type of reward hack and checking whether it suppresses other types at test time.

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“TLDR: I lightly extend Ward, Hu et al (2026) to measure how well gradient routing generalizes. I route gradients on one type of reward hack (e.g. ones that reason in English) and check whether this suppresses other types at test time (e.g.”
LessWrong, 23 Oct 2026, 19:55.

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