Miles Brundage: Outsiders had stronger 'models aren't stupid' prior than Anthropic insiders
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-10-25
Former OpenAI researcher Miles Brundage revisited July's alignment debate, arguing that "these things aren't stupid" was a sound prior even with limited information. He notes that people outside Anthropic held a stronger "models aren't stupid" prior, while insiders leaned toward "it's aligned" — an inside/outside perception gap that likely drove the disagreement.
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