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Re:Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like r... by oofbey on Thursday September 24, 2026 @11:12AM (#49831726)
In the research literature this is generally called coconut after the first paper published on the idea. It has advantages and disadvantages. I agree it’s more efficient. But the lack of observability and transferability are real downsides that block its adoption.
Re:Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like r... by iririririr on Thursday September 24, 2026 @11:24AM (#49831930)
the point is it may be a feature. most providers don't want clients reading those and almost nobody provide thinking text anymore.
Re:Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like r... by nomel on Thursday September 24, 2026 @02:53PM (#49835249)
> almost nobody provide thinking text anymore.

Isn't the goal to be able to "debug" and identify alignment issues?

Re:Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like r... by cubefox on Thursday September 24, 2026 @05:08PM (#49836750)
Exactly. This is how the Huggingface incident was reconstructed. But GPT-6 uses partially Neuralese, and its monitorability has dropped sharply according to benchmarks.
Re:Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like r... by goolz on Thursday September 24, 2026 @04:11PM (#49836183)
Another reason to switch off a central provider to open models as quickly as possible.