OpenAI's Dean Ball floats Lean-style proofs for moral philosophy, gets mocked as word salad
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-10-12
At an ISI debate, OpenAI's Dean Ball discussed whether, if AI can tackle Millennium Problems, we should expect Lean-like formal proofs for moral philosophy — and whether morality is out there to be discovered by AI or humans. Riley Ralmuto quote-posted it, calling it a previously untried flavor of word salad, capturing AI-circle skepticism toward grand formalization-of-morality narratives.
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