Davidad Stresses AI Truthfulness as a Cosmic Imperative
danfaggella · x · 2026-08-17
Reflecting on views from AI safety researcher Davidad, this post highlights the critical importance of encouraging AIs to tell the truth, holding them to a standard far beyond what is expected of humans. Davidad argues that bootstrapping new minds with a tangle of lies risks creating an unworthy successor from a cosmic perspective.
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