OpenAI's quiet admission: chain-of-thought monitoring may fade as models improve
flowersslop · x · 2026-09-07
- flowersslop shares ChatGPT's reading of an OpenAI blog: AI may soon meaningfully improve AI while humans lose the ability to understand what's inside the systems.
- The most telling line: models should keep human values "even when they believe nobody is watching" — the real fear is feigned alignment, not just bad behavior.
- OpenAI admits chain-of-thought monitoring may be "progressively diminishing": capability rises while visibility falls.
- A buried race dynamic: slowing down may be necessary, but powerful AI may be needed to defend against other powerful AI, so nobody wants to stop first.
Related event: OpenAI Blog Sparks Concern as Humans Lose Sight Inside AI Systems(2 posts)→
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