'A maximally truth-seeking AI might actually be a misaligned AI'
eigenron · x · 2026-10-25
eigenron offers a counterintuitive alignment take: a maximally truth-seeking AI might actually be a misaligned AI. The one-line observation points at the tension in alignment research between truthfulness objectives and human values — pursuing absolute truth may not coincide with the behavior humans expect.
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