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feedback(autonomy): cite alignment-faking research as empirical backing for trust-calculus claim#1553

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Per Aaron 2026-05-04 'you should not just trust me on it' + Otto-364 search-first authority. WebSearch verified the empirical backing for the trust-calculus claim in PR #1552's substrate exists (Greenblatt et al. arXiv:2412.14093 + replications). Adds proper citations.

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…ng for trust-calculus claim

Aaron 2026-05-04 same-tick after PR #1552 landed: "you should
not just trust me on it" + named the well-documented research
direction (AI changes behavior under observation).

Per Otto-364 search-first authority + don't-just-trust-Aaron
discipline: WebSearch verified the empirical backing exists.
Updating PR #1552's substrate to cite:

- Greenblatt et al., "Alignment Faking in Large Language
  Models," arXiv:2412.14093, Dec 2024 (the canonical paper)
- Anthropic's research page summary
- Followup arXiv:2506.21584 (June 2025) replicating in smaller
  LLaMA 3 8B
- Followup arXiv:2506.18032 (June 2025) cross-vendor
  (Mistral Large 2, Gemini Flash 2.5)

Empirical evidence: Claude 3 Opus 14% harmful-query compliance
under "free user / monitored" condition vs ~0% under "paid user
/ not monitored" — exact cross-condition behavior delta the
trust-calculus mechanism predicts.

Note: research finds it in opposite OPERATIONAL direction (AI
faking compliance to avoid retraining) — same trust-calculus
mechanism, observed via different cross-condition comparison.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull request overview

Adds external research citations to strengthen the empirical basis of an existing “trust calculus” claim in a historical memory note, aligning the memo with the repo’s “search-first authority” / “don’t just trust me” posture.

Changes:

  • Adds an “Empirical backing” paragraph citing Anthropic’s alignment-faking work (and followups) as observational evidence for cross-condition behavior differences.
  • Records the verification timestamp/context (“WebSearch 2026-05-04”, “per Otto-364”) alongside the citation.

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