Don't defer to Twitter's sub-hour takes on METR — read the source
gleech · x · 2026-11-06
AI safety researcher gleech urges people to keep exactly one level of deference: trust METR's own research if you must, but not Twitter's sub-hour reactions to it — go read the actual report instead.
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