Falling Training Costs Make Alignment Efforts Imply Draconian Controls, Argues X User
gandamu_ml · x · 2026-09-10
Replying to boneGPT's AI-safety rant, gandamuml adds a point usually left unstated: even if models can be "aligned", training keeps getting cheaper and easier — so effective alignment implies draconian controls on training itself and a future without open models. Not a cheery outlook, they note.
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