Paper by 40 Authors: CoT Monitoring is a Fragile Opportunity for AI Safety
CFGeek · x · 2026-08-28
CFGeek clarified that the recommendation against Chain-of-Thought (CoT) monitoring is a misunderstanding; the paper actually warns against architectures with latent CoT or RL-ing the CoT to appear nice, as this hinders monitoring.
The cited paper, Chain of Thought Monitorability (Korbak et al., featuring 40 authors including Yoshua Bengio), states:
- Core Concept: AI systems that "think" in human language offer a unique safety opportunity by allowing intent monitoring via CoT.
- Limitations: CoT monitoring is imperfect and may miss some misbehavior.
- Recommendation: Further research into CoT monitorability is needed, and developers should consider the impact of architectural decisions on monitorability.
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