"Less intelligent beings steer superior intelligence all the time" — on AI alignment
TheMoonMidas · x · 2026-09-25
Responding to AI alignment concerns, stablechen quips: "It is perfectly normal for less intelligent beings to steer and control a superior intelligence. I've seen adults controlled by their children all the time."
A lighthearted jab at the alignment-pessimist premise that lower intelligence cannot control higher intelligence, using parenting as the counterexample.
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