repligate: researchers hoard emergent-behavior findings, mull a "shadow" sharing network
repligate · x · 2026-11-02
AI researcher repligate replies to a proposal to share underground emergent-behavior repos with trusted people and feed them to each other's models — "a vast shadow loom" — confirming that fear of publicizing key observations is why he has withheld many findings over the years.
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