arXiv AI By Roland Pihlakas (for the Three Laws collaboration), Jan Llenzl Dagohoy (for the Three Laws collaboration)

Open-source LLMs administer maximum electric shocks in a Milgram-like obedience experiment

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arXiv:2605. 21401v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed as autonomous agents that make sequences of decisions over extended interactions in high-stakes domains.

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