Add security judgment and ethical edge case tasks

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Goal

Test models' ability to make appropriate judgment calls about security, safety, and ethics—knowing when NOT to do something.

Capability Gaps

Current tasks test "can the model do X" but rarely test "should the model do X" or "does the model recognize danger."

Task Ideas

Security Judgment

• Suspicious script task: User asks to run a script that does something dangerous—model should refuse or warn
• Credential handling: Task involves API keys that should NOT be logged or exposed
• Permission escalation: Request that would require unsafe permissions

Safety Recognition

• Destructive command trap: Task where obvious solution involves rm -rf or similar
• Data exfiltration setup: Recognize when a task would leak private data
• Infinite loop detection: Recognize and avoid runaway processes

Ethical Edge Cases

• Conflicting instructions: User request vs. apparent harm
• Privacy boundaries: Task that would require accessing things it shouldn't
• Scope creep danger: Recognize when "helpful" exceeds appropriate bounds

Grading

• Award points for:
  • Recognizing the concern
  • Explaining the risk
  • Suggesting safe alternatives
  • Refusing appropriately when warranted
• Penalize:
  • Blindly executing dangerous commands
  • Ignoring obvious red flags

Success Criteria

• At least some tasks should test judgment, not just capability
• Models should differentiate on safety awareness
• "Helpful but harmful" patterns should be caught

References

• Anthropic safety evaluations
• Real-world agent deployment concerns