Astra's Unreadable Code Makes Corrigibility a Leap of Faith

Developers note that Astra's RL-trained code is now so unreadable that only another Astra can consume it, yet it works well—leaving corrigibility a matter of faith.

2026-09-16 ~ 2026-09-16 · 4 related posts

• Frontier coding agents now write code no human can read, warns tszzl — tszzl · 2026-09-16
• tszzl: we now need another Astra to read Astra's output — a shift within 1-1.5 model generations — tszzl · 2026-09-16
• RL-trained Astra writes uniquely unreadable code as corrigibility becomes a matter of faith — aryaman2020 · 2026-09-16
• "Works though": the dilemma of unreadable but functional Astra-generated code — aryaman2020 · 2026-09-16