As mentioned in our last post, we see simulators and agents as having distinct threat models and acting differently, and in future posts we plan to share other ideas for how to distinguish them.
As an intuition, a simulator will typically produce a variety of simulacra with independent goals, whereas an agent will typically have a single coherent goal. This difference should be measurable.
That said, you are correct that it can often be challenging to tell the difference.
As mentioned in our last post, we see simulators and agents as having distinct threat models and acting differently, and in future posts we plan to share other ideas for how to distinguish them.
As an intuition, a simulator will typically produce a variety of simulacra with independent goals, whereas an agent will typically have a single coherent goal. This difference should be measurable.
That said, you are correct that it can often be challenging to tell the difference.