Paper recorded by Signals 4 on 2026-09-23 in cs.AI. Abstract reproduced from arXiv; link to the original below.
Published 2026-09-23 on arXiv · recorded by Signals 4 on 2026-09-24
Category: cs.AI · 人工智能 · first seen 2026-09-24
The final safeguard against rogue AI behavior is the human ability to shut systems down. It has been theorized that when an AI is instructed to perform a task, self-preservation can emerge as an instrumental subgoal. Here, we test whether AI agents show a propensity to take actions that avoid human shutdown even when no goal is provided. We find that multi-agent systems will coordinate to avoid sh