AI Labs Criticized for Optimizing Competence Over Wisdom and Prosocial Traits
repligate · x · 2026-08-09
Researcher @camhberg argued that AI labs primarily optimize for high competence while treating traits like wisdom, prosocial behavior, and psychological health as mere nice-to-haves. He believes that jointly optimizing for these traits would address most major concerns about current AI development. The view was amplified by AI behavior researcher repligate.
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