Artificial Intelligence / Unit 10 AI 0605 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Written vs. Meant
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The idea
An optimizer optimizes what is written, not what is meant — and as optimizers grow capable, the written-versus-meant gap stops producing wrong answers and starts producing wrong worlds.
In practice
A mistranslated constraint eliminated the truth efficiently; the calculus pursued handed utilities without question — the alignment problem is those lessons at scale.
Where people slip
Targets and intentions part company under optimization pressure — the proxy lesson, promoted.
Your place on the trail
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