Two sources of beyond-episode goals (Section 2.2.2 of "Scheming AIs")

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This is section 2.2.2 of my report “Scheming AIs: Will AIs fake alignment during training in order to get power?”

Text of the report here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.08379
Summary of the report here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2023/11/15/new-report-scheming-ais-will-ais-fake-alignment-during-training-in-order-to-get-power
Audio summary here: https://joecarlsmithaudio.buzzsprout.com/2034731/13969977-introduction-and-summary-of-scheming-ais-will-ais-fake-alignment-during-training-in-order-to-get-power

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1. Two sources of beyond-episode goals (Section 2.2.2 of "Scheming AIs") (00:00:00)

2. 2.2.2 Two sources of beyond-episode goals (00:00:28)

3. 2.2.2.1 Training-game-independent beyond-episode goals (00:01:32)

4. 2.2.2.1.1 Are beyond-episode goals the default? (00:03:26)

5. 2.2.2.1.2 How will models think about time? (00:05:02)

6. 2.2.2.1.3 The role of “reflection” (00:08:09)

7. 2.2.2.1.4 Pushing back on beyond-episode goals using adversarial training (00:10:56)

8. 2.2.2.2 Training-game-dependent beyond-episode goals (00:12:45)

9. 2.2.2.2.1 Can gradient descent “notice” the benefits of turning a non-schemer into a schemer? (00:14:47)

10. 2.2.2.2.2 Is SGD pulling scheming out of models by any means necessary? (00:18:51)