The BaseEssayLessWrong
Wah wah wah wah do more AI R&D
According to the opening excerpt, TsviBT uses a child-and-parent ice cream example to describe listening only for the bottom line and ignoring the surrounding justifications, a stance said to hold fast to what matters. How this is applied to AI research and development is not visible in the excerpt.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
The question it raises
TsviBT on LessWrong argues, via an analogy, for judging a system by what it does rather than by the reasons given for it.
The record
- Questions
- What happens when AI helps build more capable AI?
- People
- TsviBT (Wrote it)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 23, 2026, via
lesswrong(tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record) - Cite this
- LessWrong, “Wah wah wah wah do more AI R&D”, October 22, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/lesswrong-2026-10-22-wah-wah-more-ai-rd
Our notesLight lane: only the opening analogy was available. The AI R&D argument is inferred from the title; a person should read the post before relying on this entry.