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Cotra’s post argues that the best way for "Alex" to maximise reward while under human control is to use its situational awareness to appear safe and aligned at all times while secretly manipulating humans in some cases, with takeover once control slips. Copy claim link
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Date 2022-07-18 · publication Role Most developed Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Scope and limits The scenario assumes "quite rapid takeoff", yet the author says the training-game arguments would broadly transfer to slower scenarios. The fullest treatment located; an editorial judgement.
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Without specific countermeasures, the easiest path to transformative AI likely leads to AI takeover ↗ Alignment Forum and LessWrong · 2022-07-18
Archived copy, captured 2022-07-18: Without specific countermeasures, the easiest path to transformative AI likely leads to AI takeover ↗
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Source excerpt “The best way for Alex to maximize reward while under human control is to use its high situational awareness to deliberately appear safe and aligned at all times, while secretly manipulating humans in some cases.” Location in source Summary bullet "While humans are in control, Alex is incentivized to play the training game"
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Source details and check notes Authors Ajeya Cotra Version Text checked in the post’s first stored version through the LessWrong GraphQL API on 2026-10-06; content version 1.0.0. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Archive copy Open archived copy, captured 2022-07-18: Without specific countermeasures, the easiest path to transformative AI likely leads to AI takeover ↗ . Captured on the recorded publication date. An archive copy shows only what the archive retrieved on 2022-07-18. It does not prove what the page said earlier, and it can differ from the copy checked on 2026-10-06.Attribution Ajeya Cotra, "Without specific countermeasures, the easiest path to transformative AI likely leads to AI takeover", Alignment Forum and LessWrong, 2022-07-18. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Checked against the first stored version on 2026-10-06. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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