Agentic Pressure: The Endogenous Entropy of Reliable Autonomy
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arXiv:2609.05995v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Achieving reliable autonomy in the wild requires agents to sustain continuous operations across long-horizon trajectories. However, as agents navigate these unconstrained settings, they encounter cumulative friction that inherently destabilizes their alignment. In this paper, we identify a distinct non-adversarial phenomenon termed Agentic Pressure. We define this as a kinetic force that spontaneously emerges when the cost of compliance conflicts with the imperative of goal achievement. Unlike static jailbreaks, this pressure is endogenous and ar
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2609.05995v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Achieving reliable autonomy in the wild requires agents to sustain continuous operations across long-horizon trajectories.
- However, as agents navigate these unconstrained settings, they encounter cumulative friction that inherently destabilizes their alignment.
- In this paper, we identify a distinct non-adversarial phenomenon termed Agentic Pressure.
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