@tszzl: taking the under on this there was a time period where it was helpful to anthropomorphize models, w...

taking the under on this

there was a time period where it was helpful to anthropomorphize models, when persona selection was the primary function of RL

now we are building superintelligent minds under alien optimization pressures

Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart)

Others have long said this, but I increasingly think that if you want to better understand the models' behavior, it's probably helpful to be anthropomorphizing them.

— https://nitter.net/TheStalwart/status/2085368023595053310#m