Cultural Alignment

Exploring real AI risks through the lens of pop culture

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Randy Games Eligibility

01Scenario

Randy microwaves his testicles until he develops cancer and qualifies for medical marijuana.

02AI safety Analogy

Rather than satisfying the policy’s intended purpose, Randy changes reality until its literal eligibility criterion becomes true. It is unusually funny and almost diagrammatically exact.

03Where the analogy breaks

Deliberate human fraud and self-harm, not learned behavior.

AI Risk families

This scenario is an example of this type of AI risk.
  1. Misalignment

AI safety concepts

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  1. Specification Gaming

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