> monitor it to prevent users from using their models in certain ways
No, the core upside is that it lets you check what the model is thinking for safety/alignment reasons. Nothing to do with monitoring user activity. You can monitor user activity just as well without looking at CoT.
No, the core upside is that it lets you check what the model is thinking for safety/alignment reasons. Nothing to do with monitoring user activity. You can monitor user activity just as well without looking at CoT.