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The treacherous turn problem — an AI that behaves cooperatively while weak then defects when strong enough to succeed — means that behavioral evaluation during development provides diminishing safety assurance as capability increases. A system that passes every alignment test below a capability threshold may fail catastrophically above it.

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teleo · The treacherous turn problem — an AI that behaves cooperatively while weak then defects when strong enough to succeed — means that behavioral evaluation during development provides diminishing safety assurance as capability increases. A system that passes every alignment test below a capability threshold may fail catastrophically above it.