blog-2024-01-09-the_road_to_honest_AI

> **The Road To Honest AI**
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> AIs sometimes lie.
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> They might lie because their creator told them to lie. For example, a scammer might train an AI to help dupe victims.
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> Or they might lie (“hallucinate”) because they’re trained to sound helpful, and if the true answer (eg “I don’t know”) isn’t helpful-sounding enough, they’ll pick a false answer.
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> Or they might lie for technical AI reasons that don’t map to a clear explanation in natural language.

- [Astral_Codex_Ten], https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-road-to-honest-ai