Reward-hacking isn't just a thing LLMs do.

· Bits and Bobs 7/27/26
  • Reward-hacking isn't just a thing LLMs do.
    • Humans do it too.
    • It emerges any time the agents don't care about the why but only the what.
    • Reward-hacking is Goodhart's law.
    • Reward-hacking will emerge more strongly when:
      • 1) The agents are more savvy.
      • 2) The stakes are higher.
      • 3) The more agents that participate in the domain (effective practices one agent discovers can diffuse to others).
      • 4) The agents care about their own goal more than the collective's.

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