AI researchers rediscovering clichés like "be careful what you wish for" from first principles
curious_vii · x · 2026-09-12
The author noticed while listening to a podcast that AI researchers keep deriving old folk wisdom from first principles — e.g. goal mis-specification is essentially "be careful what you wish for".
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