Why Advanced AI Models Feel Like Talking to an Alien: A Debate on Interpretability
_advaitpatel · x · 2026-09-08
MajmudarAdam argues there's an intelligence threshold: models below it feel familiar and legible, while above it they become truly opaque — structured but uninterpretable, operating beyond human cognition.
advaitpatel pushes back: this isn't about intelligence itself. He's met humans orders of magnitude smarter than him yet still understandable. An intelligent, aligned model shouldn't feel alien — it should bring you up to its level.
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