Reading agent-written code: 'corrigibility' has become a matter of faith
daniel_mac8 · x · 2026-09-16
tszzl observes that if you pause to read the code agents like Astra (and presumably fable) write, it becomes clear they rely on heavy meta-programming and abstruse primitives to produce hyperefficient code — making "corrigibility" a matter of faith rather than a verifiable property. danielmac8 replies that he hasn't looked at the code in a while and plans to revisit it.
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