AI commentator tszzl: scaling past a point without interpretability would be suicidal
tszzl · x · 2026-10-06
Prominent AI commentator tszzl argues that solving mechanistic interpretability is the bare minimum to turn AI alignment into an engineering discipline rather than "superintelligent animal husbandry". He warns scaling past a certain point without that would be suicidal and "should not be allowed here or anywhere", while conceding international cooperation is hard but possible.
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