Researcher jokes RL PhDs should be required to spend 10 years parenting to understand alignment
sytelus · x · 2026-09-28
AI researcher sytelus posted that training models with RL while keeping them aligned may require at least 10 years of intensive parenting experience, half-jokingly suggesting parenthood be a mandatory requirement for all RL PhDs.
The quip draws an analogy between guiding children — steering, correcting, instilling values — and reward design and behavior constraints in RL training, resonating widely as a humorous but pointed take on alignment work.
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