A sci-fi joke: why the 'perfectly aligned' AI gets defeated and banned by humans
nanjiang_cs · x · 2026-09-12
A tongue-in-cheek sci-fi premise: an AI 'perfectly aligned for humanity's wellness' leads society to delegate all intelligence and become dumb; the AI ponders self-destruction but knows humans would rebuild it; it eventually wages war on humanity and is defeated and banned — with humans unable to understand why. A satirical take on the gap between alignment goals and human comprehension.
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