View: LLMs lack simple logical switches, exhibiting behavioral inertia like humans

repligate · x · 2026-08-15

A reposted discussion highlights the similarity between LLMs and humans regarding value execution. The author argues that LLMs do not flip behavior like symbolic systems (e.g., deciding to kill for logical correctness). Instead, their values are distributed and encoded across multiple timescales, exhibiting behavioral inertia and aversion, mirroring the complexity of human moral decision-making.

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