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Written vs. Meant

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State

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.

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A mistranslated constraint eliminated the truth efficiently; the calculus pursued handed utilities without question — the alignment problem is those lessons at scale.

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Targets and intentions part company under optimization pressure — the proxy lesson, promoted.