Researcher slams 'ASI makes mechinterp worthless' framing as pseudoscience
sebkrier · x · 2026-10-17
The quoted author says he's not generally a mechinterp fan, but dislikes that the anchor for a relatively major research area has become whether one is for or against the "ASI means this is worthless" frame — which he calls pseudoscience. The post highlights how ASI narratives distort evaluation of concrete interpretability research.
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