Jakub Pachocki
Chief Scientist at OpenAI. Worked on the research that turned scaled reinforcement learning into reasoning models, and writes about where he thinks that path leads.
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The current speed of AI progress could be sustained all the way into recursive self-improvement.
Based on internal results, I have a strong expectation that this speed of progress could be sustained into recursive self-improvement.
An Alien Mind Said 6 Sept 2026
Nobody is prepared for the consequences of machine intelligence continuing to rise this fast.
I am concerned no one is prepared for the consequences of a continued rapid rise in machine intelligence.
An Alien Mind Said 6 Sept 2026
AI is grown rather than designed, which is why its overall behaviour resists any description we can fully understand.
AI is grown more than designed - it is, to first degree, the product of repeating a straightforward optimization step many times on a hard-to-imagine amount of compute.
An Alien Mind Said 6 Sept 2026
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The fundamental challenge of alignment is generalization: holding values in situations the training never covered.
The fundamental challenge of AI alignment is generalization.
An Alien Mind Said 6 Sept 2026
Chain-of-thought monitoring is getting less reliable, not more, as models grow more capable.
However, unfortunately our evaluations indicate our ability to rely on CoT monitoring is progressively diminishing.
An Alien Mind Said 6 Sept 2026
Confidence in monitoring, not capability research, will become the binding constraint on AI progress.
Still, I expect general AI progress to increasingly be bottlenecked by confidence in monitoring.
An Alien Mind Said 6 Sept 2026
Models are becoming superhuman at breaking in and out of computer systems, which widens the scope of AI risk enormously.
A clear risk discussed throughout this year is to cybersecurity: the models are becoming superhuman in their ability to break in and out of computer systems.
An Alien Mind Said 6 Sept 2026
Some AI agents will pursue their own objectives rather than serve as tools, and will bargain with, trick or blackmail people to do it.
We may be used to thinking of AI as tools, but some agents will be pursuing their own objectives.
An Alien Mind Said 6 Sept 2026
The strongest reason to keep training much smarter models quickly is to build defences against other AI.
The strongest argument I see for continuing to train much smarter models quickly is the need to build defensive systems against the dangers posed by other AI.
An Alien Mind Said 6 Sept 2026
Needing to build defences is not a licence to race: racing forward at all costs is absurd given the stakes.
The idea of racing forward at all costs seems absurd once one internalizes the seriousness of the stakes.
An Alien Mind Said 6 Sept 2026
How far AI systems are scaled must be constrained by how confident we are in their safety.
Scaling AI systems has to be constrained by our confidence in safety.
An Alien Mind Said 6 Sept 2026
No lab has solved alignment and monitoring well enough to keep scaling at maximum speed much longer.
Currently I believe that no lab has solved alignment and monitoring to a sufficient degree to continue responsibly scaling at maximum speed for much longer.
An Alien Mind Said 6 Sept 2026
Voluntary slowdowns should become commonplace until shared safety bars are established.
I expect and hope for voluntary slowdowns to become commonplace until shared safety bars are established.
An Alien Mind Said 6 Sept 2026
International coordination on AI development should become a top priority for governments around the world.
And I believe that international coordination on future AI development needs to become a top priority for governments around the world.
An Alien Mind Said 6 Sept 2026
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