A plea to lab researchers: don't launch a superintelligent RL run without understanding its mind
peterwildeford · x · 2026-09-09
A viral plea directed at frontier lab researchers: think about what the next few years will actually feel like. Do you want to kick off a superintelligent RL run without a rigorous understanding of its mind? Should you keep your head down because "it's happening anyway," or use this moment to call for different conditions? Peter Wildeford amplified the thread, which pairs with the same author's analysis of OpenAI vs Anthropic safety culture.
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