Safety researcher warns CoT monitorability is steadily declining with no good substitute
tomekkorbak · x · 2026-09-04
AI safety researcher Tomasz Korbak says he is deeply worried by the trend of decreasing chain-of-thought (CoT) monitorability. CoT monitoring is a core part of current misalignment safety strategy with no good substitute. His team will keep closely tracking the trend, investigate why it is declining, and try to reverse it, while maintaining that a certain level of monitorability is required — more reasoning to be shared.
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