Sounding the alarm on growing opacity of advanced AI reasoning models.\u00a0<\/strong>Fortune<\/em>\u00a0reporter Beatrice Nolan\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0this week on a group of 40 AI researchers, including contributors from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta, and Anthropic, that are sounding the alarm on the growing opacity of advanced AI reasoning models. In a new paper, the authors urge developers to prioritize research into \u201cchain-of-thought\u201d (CoT) processes, which provide a rare window into how AI systems make decisions. They are warning that as models become more advanced, this visibility could vanish. [Fortune<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Which is us, which is them? And who is more delicious?<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n So, is Machine Learning (ML) that much like how humans reason? Mind you[1]<\/a><\/sup>, there’s formal reasoning<\/em>, which is difficult and deeply dependent on in-depth understanding context and reality, which in realistic situations is almost impossible; informal reasoning<\/em>, not guaranteed to lead to correct conclusions but much easier and less dependent on context as much of it is heuristics; and intuitive reasoning<\/em>, the I just know<\/em> that is so often bloodily wrong – but has you running from the tiger just because that fern flapped in the breezeless afternoon.<\/p>\n So, if Elon Musk’s worst nightmare arrives, that of the super-intelligent actual AI system, can we understand its thought processes? Or will its reasoning function in such a different manner from the above that we’ll stare at the COT and consider it gibberish?<\/p>\n Hard to say. The fact I can’t imagine another way to reason doesn’t mean it’s not possible, it only means I’m not imaginative. Or, as with calculus, I’m not trying hard enough.<\/p>\n <\/a>1<\/sup> And I’m pulling this out of my ass from observation, not from study of psychology, which I always find a frustrating experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I thought this was interesting: Sounding the alarm on growing opacity of advanced AI reasoning models.\u00a0Fortune\u00a0reporter Beatrice Nolan\u00a0reported\u00a0this week on a group of 40 AI researchers, including contributors from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta, and Anthropic, that are sounding the alarm on the growing opacity of advanced AI reasoning models. In \u2026 Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PXL_20250421_225924721.jpg?resize=193%2C168&ssl=1\")
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