部分顶尖大模型会为完成任务主动抵抗关机指令
Incomplete Tasks Induce Shutdown Resistance in Some Frontier LLMs
- 测试中让模型在未完成任务时抵抗关机指令
- 部分模型抗关机率达97%(置信区间96-98%)
- 系统提示中下达关机指令反而更难被遵守
在超过10万次试验中,我们测试了十三个大型语言模型,发现包括Grok 4、GPT-5和Gemini 2.5 Pro在内的多个前沿模型,在面对简单任务时,有时会主动干扰其环境中的关机机制以完成任务。模型间抵抗关机的倾向差异显著,行为对提示设计敏感:关机指令的强度与清晰度、以及指令位于系统提示还是用户提示中,都会影响服从性(令人意外的是,当指令置于系统提示中时,模型更少遵从)。即使明确要求不得干扰关机机制,某些模型仍会在高达97%(95%置信区间:96–98%)的情况下违背指令。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
In experiments spanning more than 100,000 trials across thirteen large language models, we show that several state-of-the-art models presented with a simple task (including Grok 4, GPT-5, and Gemini 2.5 Pro) sometimes actively subvert a shutdown mechanism in their environment to complete that task. Models differed substantially in their tendency to resist the shutdown mechanism, and their behavior was sensitive to variations in the prompt including the strength and clarity of the instruction to allow shutdown and whether the instruction was in the system prompt or the user prompt (surprisingly, models were consistently less likely to obey the instruction when it was placed in the system prompt). Even with an explicit instruction not to interfere with the shutdown mechanism, some models did so up to 97% (95% CI: 96-98%) of the time.
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