Psysig

Research insights

Early results, open questions, and the occasional longer essay.

Line illustration: a double-hulled voyaging canoe rides hairline swells beneath a star-compass ring — the hull exists before the navigation craft is fully charted.

Navigating the deep waters of AI

A thousand years ago, Pacific sailors already had canoes that could cross an ocean. What took generations was the navigation — and that is roughly where we are with AI.

Defining the alignment tax

When a company retrains an AI model to play it safe, the invoice rarely shows the full price. Here is what the alignment tax looks like inside a real business — and how to keep a model capable while keeping it in bounds.