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Patching reward hacks won’t fix reward hacking

David Africa · 24 Oct 2026

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@misc{africa2026,
  title = {Patching reward hacks won’t fix reward hacking},
  author = {David Africa},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/nWiPLEgaXdAQNwXBd/patching-reward-hacks-won-t-fix-reward-hacking}
}

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