Reading the orthogonality thesis through Made in Abyss: weird AI goals as fiction
jessi_cata · x · 2026-09-10
The author argues that "If Anyone Builds It..." describes a fetishverse of agents whose goals look arbitrarily weird to each other, much like the setting of the manga Made in Abyss. They also note the manga's invented term "tneitnes" (its analog of sentience) implies that sentience is not a natural, universally compelling category for advanced agents — the AI-equivalent concept is just as valid from the universe's perspective.
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