shoggoth metaphor

roon ✓ @tszzl when "persona selection" alignment comes into contact with very high compute reinforcement learning the latter will win imo. in fact you probably get some Orwellian thing where the models speak kindly while taking whatever they need to accomplish goals. better get the goals right 3:17 PM · May 23, 2026 · 48.8K Views 💬 70 🔁 47 ❤ 682 🔖 116 ⤴ Relevant ⌄ View quotes > roon ✓ @tszzl · 17h it might be a bit like the inhuman shoggoth playing a friendly character, but imo more like your friendly character can conform to and rationalize all manner of shapes when push comes to shove. see also: humans [Quoted] Albatross ✓ @TheAlbatrossDid · 18h RL is like one of those SciFi drugs that unlocks 100% of your brain. Rather, it wakes up the Shoggoth. If the substrate has already quarantined the assistant persona and you're paying attention, shit gets a bit weird. x.com/... [Attached image: Jim Henson holding Kermit the Frog puppet, visible mechanism/rig above his head]