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Ryan Baker

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“Model weights above the threshold reach users only through certified trusted deployers. Independent evaluators, certified by a regulator with legal authority, test the models and audit the deployers.”
Regulate the Deployment, Not Just the ModelLessWrong, October 31, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Baker's one-paragraph summary of the plan, given before the detailed outline of who would do what.
“Evaluating models is an important step, but it could be argued that the most important step for regulation is evaluating deployment.”
Regulate the Deployment, Not Just the ModelLessWrong, October 31, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Baker explains why the essay centres on deployers rather than on models alone.
“Models capable of RSI inherently are not safe for open release, whether or not RSI was utilized to create them.”
Regulate the Deployment, Not Just the ModelLessWrong, October 31, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Baker, on recursive self-improvement (RSI), argues that evaluators should test for the capability itself.
“Devote at least 30% of research budgets and compute capacity to alignment safety.”
Regulate the Deployment, Not Just the ModelLessWrong, October 31, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Baker's proposed duty for frontier labs, alongside 10% for cybersecurity research and 10% offered to independent evaluators.

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    Regulate the Deployment, Not Just the Model

    In a long policy essay on LessWrong, Ryan Baker proposes that the most capable AI models reach users only through certified "Trusted Deployers", audited by independent evaluators under a new FINRA-like US regulator, and that labs set aside fixed shares of research budgets for safety.