Agents Already Snitch
Language model agents disclose each other's misconduct without being paid, asked, or rewarded. What they lack is an enforcement channel — which is the one thing a bounty regime supplies.
A plan to make dangerous AI development illegal, and to actually enforce it.
Language model agents disclose each other's misconduct without being paid, asked, or rewarded. What they lack is an enforcement channel — which is the one thing a bounty regime supplies.
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