An eval for 'artistic taste' is counterintuitive — the ??? lives with the person
akbirthko · x · 2026-11-13
The author argues that an eval for "artistic taste" is a counterintuitive concept: the unexplainable "???" lives with the person — and the same logic extends to all value functions. A short philosophical take on evals and value alignment.
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