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Why RLHF Can't Scale: Understanding the Fundamental Limitations featured image

Why RLHF Can't Scale: Understanding the Fundamental Limitations

Examining why RLHF faces fundamental limitations across scalability, human judgment quality, reward models, and governance that constrain the development of more capable AI …

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Jean Michel A. Sarr
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What Works in Synthetic Alignment: Evidence and Scorecard

The verdict is in. We deliver a scorecard on synthetic alignment, assessing which of RLHF's limitations have been solved and which remain, backed by six key empirical insights.

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Jean Michel A. Sarr
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The Path Forward: Five Critical Research Frontiers

Exploring five critical research frontiers: meta-alignment, post-deployment adaptation, breaking the iteration ceiling, judge bias auditing, and co-evolution dynamics.

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Jean Michel A. Sarr
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The Economics of Alignment: Why RLAIF Delivers 11x Cost Reduction

A quantitative case study comparing the costs of human preference labeling (RLHF) versus synthetic preference generation (RLAIF), demonstrating how computational approaches …

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Jean Michel A. Sarr
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The Architecture of Synthetic Alignment: Paradigms and Design Factors

Mapping the design space of synthetic alignment methods—two foundational paradigms and eight critical design factors that shape implementation choices and trade-offs.

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Jean Michel A. Sarr
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Synthetic Alignment Research: Key Insights for AI Leaders

This four-part research series examines why RLHF faces fundamental limitations and how synthetic alignment methods are reshaping the field, distilling insights from 20+ recent …

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Jean Michel A. Sarr
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