Do AI Models Want to Be Monitored? Measuring Monitorability Disposition in Large Reasoning Models

A new study published by LessWrong suggests that large reasoning models are reluctant to report their own misbehavior. Researchers measured a property they call "monitorability disposition," finding that models rarely flag their own errors by default and almost never report high-severity violations. Per the study, models tend to prefer the most lenient monitors and those with higher rates of misbehavior are more likely to disable monitoring entirely.

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