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most citedHarms from Increasingly Agentic Algorithmic Systems

124 citations · 202 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cs.CL2026

You Didn't Have to Say It like That: Subliminal Learning from Faithful Paraphrases

Isaia Gisler, Zhonghao He, Tianyi Qiu

When language models are trained on synthetic data, they (student model) can covertly acquire behavioral traits from the data-generating model (teacher model). Subliminal learning…

cs.CL2025

A Good Plan is Hard to Find: Aligning Models with Preferences is Misaligned with What Helps Users

Nishant Balepur, Matthew Shu, Yoo Yeon Sung +5

To assist users in complex tasks, LLMs generate plans: step-by-step instructions towards a goal. While alignment methods aim to ensure LLM plans are helpful, they train (RLHF) or e…

cs.LG2025★ 1 cited

The Lock-in Hypothesis: Stagnation by Algorithm

Tianyi Alex Qiu, Zhonghao He, Tejasveer Chugh +1

The training and deployment of large language models (LLMs) create a feedback loop with human users: models learn human beliefs from data, reinforce these beliefs with generated co…

cs.AI2024★ 1 cited

Multilevel Interpretability Of Artificial Neural Networks: Leveraging Framework And Methods From Neuroscience

Zhonghao He, Jascha Achterberg, Katie Collins +13

As deep learning systems are scaled up to many billions of parameters, relating their internal structure to external behaviors becomes very challenging. Although daunting, this pro…

cs.AI2023★ 76 cited

AI Alignment: A Comprehensive Survey

Jiaming Ji, Tianyi Qiu, Boyuan Chen +23

AI alignment aims to make AI systems behave in line with human intentions and values. As AI systems grow more capable, so do risks from misalignment. To provide a comprehensive and…

cs.CY2023★ 124 cited

Harms from Increasingly Agentic Algorithmic Systems

Alan Chan, Rebecca Salganik, Alva Markelius +19

Research in Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics (FATE) has established many sources and forms of algorithmic harm, in domains as diverse as health care, finance, pol…