Who decides what "truth-seeking AI" means — and whose assumptions shape the answers?
sierracatalina · x · 2026-10-27
sierracatalina pushes back on the "truth-seeking AI" framing: we want machines smarter than us, but we still disagree on what "better" means. When we say truth-seeking AI, who chooses the questions, and whose assumptions shape the answers? A fundamental challenge about where alignment and value judgments should come from.
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