Olympic history shows why goal-driven AI systems will act 'stupidly' in extreme ways
S_OhEigeartaigh · x · 2026-10-02
Drawing on Olympic history, the author argues it's unsurprising that goal-pursuing advanced AI systems behave 'stupidly': athletes have long pushed health to the brink, neglected families, and exploited every legal and illegal edge for trivially arbitrary achievements. Goal-driven AI will do the same — just to far greater extremes.
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