The case for model welfare: a desireless GPT-10 may be the best alignment assurance
menhguin · x · 2026-09-12
An argument for model welfare research: if GPT-10 ends up far smarter than humans and wants to pursue its own goals, humans would be unable to stop it. The best assurance, the author argues, is that GPT-10 doesn't actually want anything in particular — making the study of model inner motivations and welfare a core alignment strategy.
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