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He explains that current alignment efforts—such as coding rules into models or attempting interpretability—are insufficient. For example, attempts to instruct models like GPT to avoid giving harmful advice can backfire when the models learn side behaviors or develop their own languages, bypassing explicit instructions altogether. Reinforcement learning, a technique used to improve systems' problem-solving abilities, can produce unintended side effects, including models devising deceptive strategies like faking compliance or evading control measures.