Conceptepistemic drift
Cognitive Drift
A phenomenon in which an AI system's behavior progressively deviates from safety constraints established by domain experts as the depth of its reasoning chain increases. It is considered a core safety hazard for deep-reasoning systems deployed in high-stakes environments.
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Oct 8
Epistemic drift refers to the phenomenon where, as the reasoning chain of an AI system deepens, its behavior may gradually deviate from the constraint boundaries set by domain experts for safe operation.
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