tszzl: mechinterp is solvable and will lead to provable alignment
tszzl · x · 2026-10-13
Following up on his claim that mechinterp is about to see outsized progress, tszzl shares a (self-admittedly contrarian) view: mechanistic interpretability is solvable, it will be central to turning alignment into a real engineering practice, and interpretability will ultimately lead to provable alignment.
Related event: tszzl Predicts Wave of Mechanistic Interpretability Breakthroughs(4 posts)→
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