Dean Ball on New Interpretability Progress: 'Overwhelmed with Hope'
deanwball · x · 2026-10-16
AI policy researcher Dean Ball shares a personal note: his son took his first independent steps today, and combined with recent interpretability progress, he feels 'overwhelmed with hope' — something he hasn't felt in some time, hinting at substantive breakthroughs in interpretability.
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