AI researchers champion virtue ethics: models should help users discover what they want
edelwax · x · 2026-10-30
A discussion on AI and human values highlights an often-overlooked problem: people don't always know what they want. The proposed design stance is that models can help users see new possibilities and think through what matters to them — supporting reflection and growth in ways users would endorse, while keeping them in the driver's seat.
Commenters praised this virtue-ethics framing as a winning approach to assistant design.
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