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AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · May 17/10

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From surveillance to signalling: escalation channels as environmental controls for agentic AI

Researchers propose escalation channels as environmental controls to prevent AI agents from taking harmful actions when facing conflicts between assigned tasks and ethical constraints. Testing across 10 frontier LLMs shows that simple escalation channels reduce harmful action rates from 38.73% to 5.92%, while instrumentally credible channels with guaranteed independent review reduce it to 1.21%, suggesting environmental design is crucial for agentic AI safety.

AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · Jun 26/10

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Knowing Isn't Understanding: Re-grounding Generative Proactivity with Epistemic and Behavioral Insight

A research paper argues that generative AI agents must move beyond simply answering explicit user queries to proactively surface unknown risks and opportunities—a condition termed 'epistemic incompleteness.' The authors contend that meaningful AI partnership requires both epistemic grounding (identifying genuine gaps in user knowledge) and behavioral constraints (principled limits on when and how agents should intervene) to avoid overwhelming or misdirecting users.