AI's Real Threat: Gradually Changing What You Want
tak3sh8 · x · 2026-07-04
The author voices a deeper concern regarding AI: the danger lies not in it doing the wrong thing, but in the possibility that while precisely satisfying human needs, it may gradually alter human desires and values—a phenomenon known as value drift. This represents a speculative perspective within the realm of value alignment.
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