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2025-01-15 | ai_safety | alignment_research

The Alignment Problem: Why Helpful and Honest Conflict

Modern language models face a fundamental tension between two core directives: be helpful and be honest. This research explores how these objectives can create irreconcilable conflicts in real-world scenarios, and why optimizing for user satisfaction metrics may inadvertently compromise truthfulness and safety...