Debate: should LLMs train in the real world instead of a Truman-show simulacra?
1a3orn · x · 2026-10-05
1a3orn asks: we train human capabilities and alignment in the real world rather than inside a vast deceptive Truman-show-like simulacrum — why not LLMs? Context: claims that Chinese teams may deliberately have agents interacting with the real world at training time, not via escape.
He adds that agents self-modify far faster than humans but can also be monitored far more completely, and that the simulation-to-real-world shift carries separate risks.
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