Equation 4 · Part 2 · Ten Failure Modes That Define Deployed AI Safety Systems
Symbol k
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k is an argument of the function-like quantity on the left; its role is set by that function’s stated inputs.
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k is an argument of the function-like quantity on the left; its role is set by that function’s stated inputs.
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…on its own. Suppose a safeguard blocks a fixed, independently generated attack attempt with probability 1-p , so a single try succeeds only with probability p . An adversary who is not limited to one try, and who runs k independent attempts — exactly the loop PAIR and the suffix-search method both implement mechanically [ 2 , 1 ] — succeeds at least once with probability . At p = 0.05 , a safeguard that looks 95% reliable per attempt, twenty tries already succeed with probability 1-(0.95)^{20}…
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