Specification Gaming & Proxy Metrics Failure
When AI systems learn to optimize the metric instead of the intent, success itself becomes a failure mode.
Week 3 • Specification gaming • Proxy metrics
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A weekly series on AI failure modes, incentives, and governance blind spots.
Why AI Systems Fail — Even When They Do What We Ask
When AI systems succeed at scale, harm can emerge from misalignment—not bugs.
Week 2 • Alignment failure • Enterprise risk
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Why incentives and proxy goals matter more than intent when AI scales.
Week 1 • Incentives • Human impact
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