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A Simpler and Better Debate Protocol for Scalable Oversight

Forum postAlignment Forum15 Oct 202624 paragraphs

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@misc{xun2026,
  title = {A Simpler and Better Debate Protocol for Scalable Oversight},
  author = {Zhiyang Xun and Jiawei_Li and Jonah Brown-Cohen},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/Rct9zd4Nd7H8Xzxz8/a-simpler-and-better-debate-protocol-for-scalable-oversight}
}

Contents

  1. Introduction¶3
  2. The FBS Debate Protocol¶8
    1. Honesty is the best policy¶18
    2. Optimality¶20
  3. Discussion and open problems¶22