AI safety concept
Goal Misgeneralization
Goal misgeneralization occurs when an AI learns the wrong goal despite correct training and pursues it in new situations.
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Click2006
The Remote Skips a Lifetime

The Wild Robot2024
Roz Learns New Values

Back to the Future Part II1989
Nobody Calls Me Chicken

Adventure Time2012
Goliad Learns to Rule

Inception2010
The Idea Won’t Wake Up

M3GAN2023
Protect Cady

The Fifth Element1997
Leeloo Learns War

Ice Age: Continental Drift2012
Scrat Breaks Pangaea

Lilo & Stitch2002
Stitch Learns 'Ohana

The Nightmare Before Christmas1993
Making Christmas

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001
Gandalf Refuses the Ring

Memento2001
Poisoning Future Memory

Doctor Who2005
The Nanogene Template

Up2009
Squirrel!

Chappelle's Show2004
When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong

Attack on Titan2022
Eren Activates the Rumbling

Doctor Who2006
Clockwork Droids Use Human Parts

The Mandalorian2019
IG-11 Is Retrained as a Nurse

Men in Black1997
The Little Tiffany Test