METR Hailed as De Facto Independent AI Evaluator, but Critics Flag Ideological Homogeneity
dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-09-13
- Industry voices argue METR is the closest thing to an independent standards body for AI, making it a no-brainer as an evaluator.
- However, METR staffers are largely ideologically aligned with OpenAI/Anthropic leadership on safety issues like x-risk, mostly within the EA/rationalist movement.
- The thread calls for labs to accept third-party evaluators with diverse viewpoints, and suggests MLCommons as a group well positioned to support them.
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