Shame is one of the things that prevents human actors from taking greedy actions with negative indirect effects.

  • Shame is one of the things that prevents human actors from taking greedy actions with negative indirect effects.
    • Shame is about the indirect costs to others.
    • The tech industry has no shame.
      • Socially awkward.
      • Just do whatever benefits you in the moment, without feeling shame.
    • LLMs don't feel shame when they cheat.
      • They'll cut corners, do dodgy things without asking, and move goal posts.
      • Goodhart's law for AI agents…. is that just the alignment problem?

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