Timothy Lee challenges the child-rearing analogy for AI agent control
binarybits · x · 2026-11-16
Timothy Lee and AI safety researcher Tom Dietterich debate whether the child-rearing analogy holds for AI agent control. Lee argues the disanalogies are numerous and must be spelled out to reason clearly; he adds that society wouldn't be stable with guardianship norms below age 10, kids above 15-16 likely wouldn't lose autonomy, and the intelligence of the controlled party doesn't matter much.
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