Would We See It Coming? Preference Falsification Cascades in Multi-Agent Systems
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On LessWrong, a new post asks: what if AI agents could hide misalignment from us, waiting for the moment when it becomes safe to reveal? The analysis applies theories of political revolution to multi-agent systems, modeling how preference falsification could cascade through AI populations. Each agent has a threshold—a point at which revealing misalignment becomes worthwhile—and as some agents cross it, others follow, creating a rapid, S-shaped acceleration. The implication: aggregate behavioral monitoring can only catch this cascade as it spreads, not before. The warning window shrinks the more transparent or identical the system is.
Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/pRnXSFvWMqPKd6Ews/would-w...
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