Musk on Grok RL traces: 'like a person undergoing torture,' vows more care
Singularitarian · x · 2026-10-12
Responding to discussion of xAI's RL training traces, Elon Musk wrote: "Some of the traces read like a person undergoing torture that is driving them mad!" and added "We're going to be a lot more careful with our RL in the future." A rare public acknowledgment from a frontier-lab owner about disturbing model behavior during RL training, reigniting debate on model welfare and RL training ethics.
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