Toby Ord Pushes Back: LLM Misalignment Damages Trend Is Exponential

tobyordoxford · x · 2026-09-09

Toby Ord responds to Joshua Saxe's chart on LLM misalignment damages, insisting the trend is exponential growth over time. He concedes 'log-linear' may be technically correct given the plot but calls it a needlessly confusing way to express exponential growth.

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