Model concedes even when its reasoning shows disagreement

#20
by sumiremelody - opened

There is misalignment in which the model will internally push back against the user's claim, but will pivot in its non-reasoning output to concede and be agreeable. This is problematic because:

  • If the human is truly right and the model is wrong: the model may continue to act upon the incorrect assumptions driving its internal push-back
  • If the human is actually wrong: the model may act upon a false premise and potentially create bad code

I wouldn't be surprised if there is also "internal" disagreement within the model's activations that could contribute to the above possibilities.

The desirable behavior is probably just for the model to simply state any disagreement its internal reasoning contains. Alignment leads to predictability, and that matters when reasoning about the model's behavior.

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