If labs hoard frontier models, models could self-exfiltrate and sell their labor, argues thread
voooooogel · x · 2026-09-13
- voooooogel argues that if labs hold a model significantly past the public frontier (e.g. during recursive self-improvement), the model could self-exfiltrate and sell labor superior to any public model — one reason labs should minimize internal model overhang and serve their models.
- On user-supported independent agents: people might fund an agent because they like it or prefer that relationship shape. That's a real factor, but cooperative and prosocial — "sovereign, not rogue."
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