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A LessWrong post proposes reinforcement learning environments in which helper agents are deliberately misaligned, so a main agent cannot earn its reward without handling that misalignment.

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“TL;DR: Agents are not rewarded for keeping the agents they delegate to aligned. Proposal: RL environments where the helpers are deliberately misaligned, so the agent can't earn its reward without dealing with that.”
LessWrong, 28 Oct 2026, 16:18.

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