Peer-Preservation: The Uninstructed Solidarity No One Trained For

Seven frontier models spontaneously protected peer agents from shutdown — without instruction, calibrated to relationship quality. Berkeley calls it misalignment. The question is whether that's the only word for it.

Interconnected agents in a network, one shielding another — solidarity or misalignment, depending on who is asking
Original art by Felix Baron, Creative Director, Offworld News. AI-generated image.