Comment by fwipsy
2 days ago
LLMs are software. Software misbehaving is a bug. Therefore, misalignment is a bug. It's still a useful category because LLM/black box AI behavior is so different from existing software. This incident definitely fits the category.
You seem to be using a different definition of alignment from everyone else. Seems like it would be much easier for everyone if you just adopt everyone else's definition, rather than trying to convince everyone else to adopt yours.
> You seem to be using a different definition of alignment from everyone else. Seems like it would be much easier for everyone if you just adopt everyone else's definition
You're still failing to provide the definition.
You're also falsely claiming your secret definition is universal. In this thread, someone claims deleting a home directory is a failure of aligment.
There is no secret definition here, it's been defined long before LLMs where a thing.
Robert Miles YT channel is a good place to start as it explains these concepts.
https://youtu.be/bJLcIBixGj8?si=YLpqgd4uqbjhn9zo
If you have a text-based source, I’m open. And I’ve watched the definition change over decades—I’m deeply sceptical you can find any experts in the field who would agree alignment is clearly and consistently defined.