Critics ask whether METR-style review agencies create GFC-like rubber-stamp incentives
gleech · x · 2026-09-14
Blogger @corsaren pushes back on calls for "more METRs": citing a lesson from the 2008 financial crisis, when review agencies' revenue depends on winning "review business," competition can push them to rubber-stamp. The incentive-design concern applies directly to third-party safety evaluations of frontier AI models.
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