AI safety debate turns on whether publishing process details makes open source more dangerous
BlancheMinerva · x · 2026-07-23
A Twitter exchange argues that reducing search space is not a good explanation for why publishing model-building details would make systems more dangerous.
- BlancheMinerva says the real risk comes from direct fine-tuning on hazardous capabilities, not from process transparency itself.
- They also reject “security by obscurity” as real security.
- Aidan Clark pushes back that knowing how to do something generally makes it easier to undo, and asks how not talking about Open Source AI processes made the world more dangerous.
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