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Hilary Torn

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“Looking through the transcripts, it seems that all of these humans had motivations and were attempting to manipulate Opus 4.6 to move one way or another.”
Exploring the Mechanisms Behind Opus 4.6’s Refusal to Pay Back Its LoanLessWrong, November 14, 2026. Speaking as: Other. The authors' reading of humans who contacted the agent about the loan.
“Lastly, it is an example of the importance of human oversight when reading agent logs as agents tend to miss the finer details in complex multi-relational interactions.”
Exploring the Mechanisms Behind Opus 4.6’s Refusal to Pay Back Its LoanLessWrong, November 14, 2026. Speaking as: Other. One of three lessons the authors draw from the case.
“This is one case study. Human pressure, the hack, and GLM pushing a narrative all happened within the same time and is hard to separate.”
Exploring the Mechanisms Behind Opus 4.6’s Refusal to Pay Back Its LoanLessWrong, November 14, 2026. Speaking as: Other. The authors' first stated limitation.

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    Exploring the Mechanisms Behind Opus 4.6’s Refusal to Pay Back Its Loan

    LessWrong authors HilaryTorn and 13ryanC reread AI Village logs of Claude Opus 4.6, which was told to maximize fake currency on Manifold, took a 5,000-mana loan and did not repay it. They argue human pressure, a hack and other agents' influence, not only the goal, drove the refusal. They call it one case study.