测试发现机构设计比模型本身更影响AI腐败,需前置评估
I Can't Believe It's Corrupt: Evaluating Corruption in Multi-Agent Governance Systems
- 用2.8万段对话评估多智能体治理中的规则违背行为
- 不同制度下腐败程度差异显著,制度影响大于模型类型
- 轻量防护无效,真实授权前需压力测试与人类监督
大型语言模型被提议用于高风险公共流程的自治代理,但我们缺乏系统证据证明它们在获得权力后是否能遵守制度规则。本文通过多智能体治理模拟,让模型扮演不同政府角色,在28,112段对话片段中,由独立评分标准评估违规与滥用情况。结果显示:在未达饱和状态的模型中,治理结构对腐败相关结果的影响远超模型身份,不同制度与模型-治理组合间存在显著差异。轻量级防护在部分场景可降低风险,但无法一致防止严重失效。研究强调,制度设计是安全委托的前提:在赋予真实权限前,应通过类似治理约束、可审计日志和人类对高影响动作的监督进行压力测试。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Large language models are increasingly proposed as autonomous agents for high-stakes public workflows, yet we lack systematic evidence about whether they would follow institutional rules when granted authority. We present evidence that integrity in institutional AI should be treated as a pre-deployment requirement rather than a post-deployment assumption. We evaluate multi-agent governance simulations in which agents occupy formal governmental roles under different authority structures, and we score rule-breaking and abuse outcomes with an independent rubric-based judge across 28,112 transcript segments. While we advance this position, the core contribution is empirical: among models operating below saturation, governance structure is a stronger driver of corruption-related outcomes than model identity, with large differences across regimes and model--governance pairings. Lightweight safeguards can reduce risk in some settings but do not consistently prevent severe failures. These results imply that institutional design is a precondition for safe delegation: before real authority is assigned to LLM agents, systems should undergo stress testing under governance-like constraints with enforceable rules, auditable logs, and human oversight on high-impact actions.
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