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Detecting Novel Agent Failure Modes
Known failure modes have monitoring. Novel failures emerge. Detection methodologies matter.
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- 1The premise
- 2novel failures
- 3detection
- 4emergence
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The premise
Novel agent failures emerge in production; detection methodologies catch them before they spread.
What AI does well here
- Monitor for unusual patterns (rates, latencies, outputs)
- Sample outputs for human review periodically
- Engage red-team testing for new attack vectors
- Update monitoring as failure modes are catalogued
What AI cannot do
- Detect every novel failure
- Substitute monitoring for actual safety thinking
- Eliminate the cost of red-teaming
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