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PublishedOctober 15, 2026 at 4:00 AM
What Happens to the Goal? Distinct Failures of Policy Alignment in Goal Misgeneralization
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arXiv:2610.19731v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Goal misgeneralization is a common failure mode in which an agent behaves competently out of distribution but does not pursue the intended goal. However, we still have a weak understanding of what happens to the intended goal in misgeneralizing agents.
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