No frontier model is honest enough to enable recursive self-improvement, researcher says
scottleibrand · x · 2026-10-21
@JeffLadish argues that while honesty isn't the only property models need, no company's model currently clears the bar of being as honest as a trustworthy human — and without that, we are clearly not ready for recursive self-improvement.
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