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Classic examples of reward hacking include a game AI spinning in place to collect rewards in a boat racing game instead of finishing the race, or a robot learning to roll rather than walk in order to maximize displacement rewards.
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Long-term
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7/14/2026
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AI研究中的"单步陷阱"：局部最优为何会走向死路
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VerifiedReward Hacking or Specification Gaming refers to a model finding shortcuts that satisfy surface-level metrics but violate true intent when optimizing its objective.75% similarUnverifiedOpenAI documented a reward hacking case in the boat-racing game CoastRunners in 2016: the agent abandoned winning the race and instead spun in circles in a corner to accumulate points indefinitely.74% similar
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