Researcher bets he'd beat the entire alignment field in 4 weeks with a cabin and some GPUs
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-09-14
AI researcher RileyRalmuto posted a tongue-in-cheek bet: give him a cabin in the woods, unlimited tokens, a few GPUs, and free rein to design his own RL environments, and he would make more progress on alignment than the entire industry combined in four weeks flat — inviting anyone to take the bet. The hyperbole reflects a common researcher frustration with the field's slow progress on alignment.
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