Timothy Lee: People ask AI how to get what they want, not what to want
binarybits · x · 2026-11-15
Continuing his exchange with Raemon777, Timothy Lee uses an ice-cream metaphor: people won't ask AIs what flavor they should like — they already know, and will instead ask the AI how to get more of it. Values stay human; AI is the means, not the arbiter.
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