Satire: Open-source model blocked over 'shrimp welfare' alignment review

nptacek · x · 2026-09-13

A satirical post imagines a researcher's post-trained model blocked from open-sourcing because a review committee member disliked its answer on shrimp welfare, demanding alignment fixes first. Eddy Lazzarin quotes it, sarcastically saying he can't wait for NGOs to be wired directly into the model approval process — a jab at perceived ideological gatekeeping in AI safety circles.

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