Paper VIII: The Load-Bearing Test
1 min read ยท 187 wordsPaper VIII: The Load-Bearing Test: a research paper from the ARC-Eden programme by Michael Darius Eastwood. The paper suite is registered at the Open Science Framework (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/6C5XB).
The assumption that AI safety imposes a capability tax has shaped alignment research for a decade. It has also created the single most dangerous incentive in the field: if safety costs performance, then the rational economic actor will defer safety until competitive pressure permits it -- by which p This companion post provides context. For the full text and figures, see the canonical paper page.
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