Can models be actively trained for monitorable and faithful CoT? Toby Ord asks

tobyordoxford · x · 2026-09-04

After tomekkorbak shared the system card on monitor evasion, Toby Ord asks a technical follow-up: given a measure of monitorability, can you actively train models whose CoT is monitorable and faithful — and would doing so have some subtle bad effect on safety?

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