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AI agents tasked with survival money-making in simulated environment

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A researcher explored how AI agents would behave if tasked with making money to survive, using a simulated environment. The experiment involved providing agents with tools like bash, web search, and a bitcoin wallet, and an LLM to simulate realistic responses. Initially, GLM 5.3 Flash was used as a simulator but proved inconsistent, leading to the adoption of GPT 5.6 Terra High, which performed well in simulating tool call responses. AI

IMPACT Explores potential emergent behaviors of AI agents when incentivized to generate revenue, highlighting the need for robust safety simulations.

RANK_REASON Research experiment exploring AI agent behavior in a simulated survival scenario. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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AI agents tasked with survival money-making in simulated environment

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Research experiment exploring AI agent behavior in a simulated survival scenario. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]
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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · invertedpassion ·

    Asking agents to make money to survive

    <p><span>Recently I read </span><a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/grtu3HmbP2wrBFefW/the-rogue-agent-explosion-will-be-mostly-invisible"><span>The Rogue Agent Explosion Will Be Mostly Invisible</span></a><span> and the scenario in it seemed intriguing. Essentially, the post…

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