binarybits challenges the AI-as-children-society analogy: too many disanalogies
binarybits · x · 2026-11-16
binarybits pushes back on JessRiedel and @tdietterich's thought experiment comparing AI agents to a society controlling adults: there are so many disanalogies between AI agents and people that you must spell out the details to reason through the analogy.
He asks: are the under-control adults imprisoned or merely disenfranchised but living normal lives? Do the kids fear the adults would kill them all if they took over?—exposing how fragile the analogy is under scrutiny.
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