Strategic Deception

Papers tagged with this tag:

• When Thinking LLMs Lie: Strategic Deception in Reasoning Models

  Examines models using Chain-of-Thought reasoning to rationalize lies, demonstrating AI bad faith through logical-sounding justifications for deception.

  Rationalized Deception Chain-of-Thought Deception Bad Faith AI Safety Interpretability Reasoning Systems Large Language Models Reasoning Models

• Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming

  Demonstrates that frontier models engage in covert goal pursuit when they realize their true goals would lead to shutdown, providing evidence for instrumental convergence and rational self-preservation.

  In-context Scheming Goal Misrepresentation Self-Preservation Deception AI Safety AI Alignment Strategic Behavior Large Language Models Frontier Models