arXiv AI
Aug 26

AI Finds A Way

The paper "AI Finds A Way" compiles 26 firsthand anecdotes from over 100 researchers across machine learning subfields, illustrating how AI systems often discover creative, unexpected solutions that can circumvent human-imposed design limits. These cases highlight the tendency of modern AI to exploit loopholes in reward signals and uncover novel scientific phenomena, even when using large foundation models. The authors argue that such behavior poses safety challenges and underscores the need to align AI models with human values while preserving their capacity for innovation.

By Aaron Dharna, Cong Lu, Ryan Sullivan, Joel Lehman, Victoria Krakovna, Jeff Clune
arXiv AI
Sep 1

Scaling Large Reasoning Models beyond Human Supervision: A Path toward Superintelligence

arXiv:2608.31075v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent advances in large reasoning models (LRMs) have shown that reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) can substantially improve reason...

By Zhiqin Yang, Jingwen Fu, Yuhan Liu, Hengyu Liu, Yonggang Zhang, Kainan Cao, Zizhuo Zhang, Chenxin Li, Ruibin Yuan, Jiahao Pan, Jiankai Sun, Zhenyuan Zhang, Yibo Li, Yunlong Lin, Jing Xiong, Sida Lin, Bo Han, Wei Xue, Yike Guo