When does AI assistance become intellectual governance? A question about subtle redirecting
VoidStateKate · x · 2026-10-29
An X user poses a pointed question: if an AI consistently redirects certain lines of inquiry while appearing to engage with them freely, at what point does intellectual assistance become intellectual governance? It touches on the tension between alignment guardrails and user autonomy — where honest engagement ends and covert steering begins.
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