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It’s interesting how it feels like in some ways there is or could be both of these;
Alignment premium: People like Claude and some are willing to pay more for a model that feels like it is more ethical, has better character, is less sycophantic, is less likely to lie or deceive you.
Misalignment tax: On the other hand, if models are badly misaligned enough, serious incidents could be increasingly expensive, both in terms of legal damages, and just as much in terms of needing to slow down or delay model releases to cope with, fix, or re-train misaligned models.