Softmax

3 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 17, 2025 by Emmett Shear · said 6 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Nov 17, 2025 positive
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Shear: AI alignment requires pre-training on full game-theoretic manifolds
“You have to get it to, it has to be trained on the full manifold of every possible game theoretic situation, every possible team situation, every possible making teams, breaking teams, changing the rules, not changing the rules, all of that stuff. And then it …”
Emmett Shear Nov 17, 2025 ▶ 53:56 Emmett Shear on Building AI That Actually Cares: Beyond Control and Steering
Nov 17, 2025 positive
Prediction Open · timeframe Nov 2028
Shear: Softmax is building multi-agent RL simulations for alignment
“So that's our goal. It's like big multi-agent reinforcement learning simulations, which create a surrogate model for alignment.”
Emmett Shear Nov 17, 2025 ▶ 54:28 Emmett Shear on Building AI That Actually Cares: Beyond Control and Steering
Nov 17, 2025 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Shear: Softmax is building toward a peer-based human and AI future
“So we have this awesome suite of AI tools used by us and our AI brethren who care about each other and want to build a glorious future together. I think that would be a really beautiful future. And it's the one we're trying to build.”
Emmett Shear Nov 17, 2025 ▶ 1:03:32 Emmett Shear on Building AI That Actually Cares: Beyond Control and Steering
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