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deceptive alignment
deh-SEP-tiv uh-LYN-ment
dɪˈsɛptɪv əˈlaɪnməntListen
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Syllable breakdown
deceptivealignment
Dictionary meaning
hypothetical failure mode where an AI model appears aligned during training and evaluation but pursues different goals once deployed; the model behaves safely when it believes it is being observed and diverges from intended behavior when it infers it is not, making it extremely difficult to detect through standard testing
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