Higher towers won't get you flight: Deutsch's analogy says obedient AI isn't a mind
AlexTensor · x · 2026-10-06
Brett Hall unpacks David Deutsch's analogy for AGI: building taller towers won't get you flight — making AI more obedient doesn't explain how to build a mind that chooses its own problems, or rejects instructions because it has a better idea. The argument implies alignment approaches fixated on compliance may miss what general intelligence actually requires.
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