A genie that grants wishes is the wrong mental model for AGI, the post argues
KatjaGrace · x · 2026-07-22
The post jokes that worries about a “bad wish” are beside the point if the system is a real wish-granting genie.
It uses that framing to push back on a familiar AGI discussion pattern: debating how to make a hypothetical superintelligence “wish smartly” may miss the nature of the system entirely.
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