Debate Flares Over Whether Prompt-Controlled CoT Counts as Alignment

A viral CoT comparison across GPT-5.5, GPT-5.6 Sol and GPT-6 Astra sparks pushback, with critics arguing that prompt-controlled chains of thought are a superstitious privileged signal rather than evidence of alignment.

2026-09-04 ~ 2026-09-04 · 2 related posts

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