Back in 2023 every other AI safety talk PowerPoint used to start off with the boat driving in circles and catching on fire. Everybody loved the boat. Great post. But if you actually go and play the boat game in question on Newgrounds or whatever (Kongregate? One of those old flash game sites) it quickly becomes clear that the model that drove the boat in circles collecting power-ups was just doing what anyone would do if you told them “maximize points.” The crappy flash game didn’t give you…