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Ajeya Cotra
cited by eight posts · in two sources · first cited September 2026
In their words
“Over time, we expect the most capable policies to become better at identifying which abstract knowledge is relevant to the policies themselves and to the context in which they’re being run, and applying that knowledge when choosing actions: a skill which Cotra (2022) calls situational awareness (or self-reasoning ).”
· · machine-resolved
“See also Cotra (2021) on the ‘training game’.”
· Existential Risk from Power-Seeking AI · machine-resolved