Researchers push back: release open weights if you want scientists to recalibrate on AGI
mjdramstead · x · 2026-10-13
Responding to Jelani Nelson's warning that most scientists aren't calibrated for the coming AGI wave, Eli Sennesh argues the answer is simple: release the models. Open weights, open-source harnesses, everything auditable in sunlight — "how science is supposed to work." Michael Dramstead amplified the thread, which cites Nelson's experience as Berkeley CS chair as evidence of underestimation.
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