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@tszzl

Sep 2

*monitor-ability* is the invariant that must be preserved, and the real solution will be via strong mechanistic interpretability. i predict in the next year there’ll be mechinterp monitoring that’s pareto optimal to cot monitors

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Leo Gao

@nabla_theta

Replying to @tszzl

imo not having good CoT makes life harder: you need more mechinterp just to get to the same level of monitorability.

i also think it's unlikely mechinterp will be that good in a year. the current state is either pragmatic stuff (NLAs, oracles) all have to depend on rickety magic

Sep 2, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC

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