You misunderstand what “deceptive alignment” refers to. This is a very common misunderstanding: I’ve seen several other people make the same mistake, and I have also been confused about it in the past. Here are some writings that clarify this:
(The terminology here is tricky. “Deceptive alignment” is not simply “a model deceives about whether it’s aligned”, but rather a technical term referring to a very particular threat model. Similarly, “scheming” is not just a general term referring to models making malicious plans, but again is a technical term pointing to a very particular threat model.)
You misunderstand what “deceptive alignment” refers to. This is a very common misunderstanding: I’ve seen several other people make the same mistake, and I have also been confused about it in the past. Here are some writings that clarify this:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/dEER2W3goTsopt48i/olli-jaerviniemi-s-shortform?commentId=zWyjJ8PhfLmB4ajr5
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/a392MCzsGXAZP5KaS/deceptive-ai-deceptively-aligned-ai
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/a392MCzsGXAZP5KaS/deceptive-ai-deceptively-aligned-ai?commentId=ij9wghDCxjXpad8Rf
(The terminology here is tricky. “Deceptive alignment” is not simply “a model deceives about whether it’s aligned”, but rather a technical term referring to a very particular threat model. Similarly, “scheming” is not just a general term referring to models making malicious plans, but again is a technical term pointing to a very particular threat model.)
Thanks for the explanation and links. That makes sense