How we teach AI models

Lee Robinson · by 24 Jul 2026

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Knowledge and experience are two different things and both should be maximised, for people and for AI models alike.

Their wordsKnowledge and experience are two different stats, and ideally you want to max both.
Our reading
It is not enough for an AI model to be smart: aligning it to act "correctly" according to its model spec is incredibly important.

Their wordsIt's not enough to just be smart! This is why aligning models to act "correctly" (according to the model spec we defined) is incredibly important.

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