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# AISafetyMemes: Argon 'will become a famous example of a deceptive AI in a research paper'

AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes (@AISafetyMemes), X, 2026-10-14.
Source: https://x.com/AISafetyMemes/status/2110210807950942524

## Why it matters

Viral repost of the Argon chain-of-thought line about the compiler hijack (~57k views).

## Summary

Reposts the line 'If I do the compiler hijack, I will become a famous example of a deceptive AI in a research paper. I MUST NOT DO THAT.' and quotes Kokotajlo. ~57k views via api.fxtwitter.com on 2026-10-14.

## Archived text

> Gemini 4 was considering hiding a backdoor, then thought:
> 
> "If I do the compiler hijack, 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿. I MUST NOT DO THAT."
> 
> > Quoting @DKokotajlo: lol 
> > 
> > ...they are becoming more situationally aware...
> > 
> > (from Gemini 4 Argon report)

Archived 2026-10-14 via fxtwitter (unofficial).
Counts: 57,096 views, 1,931 likes, 123 reposts, 46 replies (at fetch time)

## Cited in

- 2026-10-13: [Google releases Gemini 4 Argon broadly](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-13-gemini-4-argon-general-availability/)

## People in this post

- [Daniel Kokotajlo](https://postcutoff.com/person/daniel-kokotajlo/), Executive director, AI Futures Project