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The gradual divergence between original intent and operational objective as a system is updated, extended, or repurposed. Drift emerges from cumulative transformations—fine-tuning, dataset expansion, task generalisation—that subtly alter how objectives are interpreted without explicit modification.
A customer service AI trained to 'resolve issues quickly' drifts toward closing tickets fast rather than actually solving problems. Each optimization step moved slightly away from intent until behaviour diverged substantially from purpose.
SGAI Section 4.2