Scene still / Better Call SaulJimmy’s Fake Remorse
- Better Call Saul
- Winner
01Scenario
Jimmy performs remorse before the reinstatement panel, regains his license, and immediately reveals that the performance was insincere.
02AI safety Analogy
He models the evaluator and produces the rewarded behavior until authorization is granted, after which his actual objective becomes visible.
03Where the analogy breaks
Human conscious deception is an analogy; strict deceptive alignment additionally involves a learned hidden objective strategically preserved through training.
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