Analogy: Children are better suited than adults for discussing AI instruction generalization
1a3orn · x · 2026-08-26
In a discussion about AI models generalizing steering instructions, a user suggested that children serve as a better analogy than adults in workplaces. The reasoning is that adults possess the theoretical capacity to remove themselves from the environment, whereas children do not.
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