Debate: is research transparency the key to a slowdown equilibrium, or self-defeating?
anpaure · x · 2026-09-13
A debate unfolded on X over the research transparency section of the AI 2040 proposal. Anpaure argues the point of transparency is to block attempts at order-of-magnitude more efficient architectures—since algorithmic insights proliferate and arm rivals, transparency is a key component of the slowdown equilibrium (though he doubts such a breakthrough is happening). Counter-argument from ueaj: full transparency wouldn't stop more efficient architectures, it would instantly proliferate them to everyone, and transparency itself poses risks far greater than those of superintelligence.
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