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Frontier models state different decision theory preferences depending on who’s asking

According to the excerpt, Alex Kastner's post reports that frontier models name FDT/UDT as the right decision theory when asked, but often switch to CDT once the prompt says the asker is an academic philosopher.

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Questions
What values should AI have, and could it have a mind of its own?
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Alex Kastner (Wrote it)
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The Radar, run of October 12, 2026, via redwood-research-blog (tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record)
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Redwood Research, “Frontier models state different decision theory preferences depending on who’s asking”, October 5, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/redwood-research-2026-10-05-decision-theory-depends-who-asks
Our notesExcerpt only; the abbreviations FDT, UDT and CDT are not expanded there.